Chapter 1
Campus Police Follies
An Unusual Invitation
For weeks, I had been debating with myself whether or not to keep this appointment. Gil, as I shall call him, claimed to
be a Physics student at Sparse College, (not the real college name). Gil said he had called me because he needed
assistance in his Physics course. There was much about this “student” that troubled me. He did not know his professor’
s name or the name of the book that his Physics class was using. Gil mixed up the topics the professor was supposedly
covering in class. He seemed friendly, but spoke in empty, robot-like tones. He seemed awfully pushy about insisting
that we meet on the Sparse College campus, instead of in downtown Sparse where I had wanted to meet.
I had been on the college faculty and taught Mathematics at Sparse College a few years prior to this, but I was not
comfortable going back to the college to tutor this person. I had cancelled our first appointment, but he seemed
determined to meet with me and called me back to schedule another appointment. After I had spoken to him for a long
time, he seemed better versed on the Physics course of which he previously had little knowledge. In other words, he
had his story better rehearsed. It was as if he had been coached and was lying about everything. I had an uneasy
feeling about this student from the very first time he called me on the phone to invite me to campus. I was
apprehensive from the start.
But why would someone so determined to meet with me lie about the course he was taking? After all, I was only
planning to tutor him in Physics. The most serious problem I had previously encountered in tutoring students was that,
occasionally, one would call and make an appointment to meet with me, and then tell me they could not pay me. In this
case, I sensed something else was wrong. But what was it?
I didn’t know just what bothered me so much about this student, so I decided to keep my second appointment with him.
It was to be held on a very warm spring day in late March 1998.
An Inner Warning
On the day of the appointment, I prepared to take the trip to Sparse College in Central New York. On the surface
everything seemed fine, but there was danger in the air. I had dreams that morning telling me that this would be an
especially difficult day. Nevertheless, the dreams strongly suggested that I should keep my appointment.
Because of the intensity of the dreams, which portended considerable negativity, I asked a friend about her dreams
that morning. She could not remember any dreams that were specifically about Sparse College, but she said that she
had had very bad dreams in general. Because of those dreams, she asked me not to go to the meeting. I listened to
her carefully and correlated what she said with my own negative dreams about the college. However, given that the
final (Dream) message encouraged me to go there, I decided to keep my appointment. The dreams that I had were
similar to those warning me to cancel my lecture at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 (See discussion in
Volume Two of The New Spiritual Bible), except that these dreams ended with the message that I should go ahead with
my plans.
During the trip to the college, I spoke on the phone with a friend of mine about the debate we had had for several
weeks, which centered on there being something amiss. By the time I reached the gates of the college, I could feel
something afoot that almost made my hair stand on end. I felt as if I were being watched, but I saw no one nearby. I
relayed to my friend my concerns about this place. Just before I made the final decision to stay on campus and meet
with Gil, my friend asked me if I was sure I wanted to do this. My answer was, "Yes."
The Abduction
When I parked my car, I looked all around. I still could not shake the feeling of being watched. I called Gil to let him
know that I was on campus. I told him what I was wearing so that he could locate me easily. We were to meet outside,
by a giant statue. As I approached the statue, I saw no males sitting there, only four females. One in particular did not
look like a college student. She looked older, had a harsh look to her and she looked at me very sharply.
I sat down near the statue and relaxed, feeling the warm spring breeze. As I watched the valley below I felt relaxed
despite a nagging uneasiness. I noticed that the same woman was still staring at me with her face screwed up in a ball
of rage. However, I ignored her and daydreamed nostalgically about Sparse College, a school with a reputation for
having an overwhelming percentage of liberal college instructors on the faculty. I had enjoyed my teaching experience
on the faculty. I had also taught a non-credit course on Spiritual Values at Sparse College. This was a rather
controversial course where I taught many of the same concepts found in this text. One particular concept that I focused
upon was The Brotherhood of Man Principle, which much of this text is based upon. The Brotherhood of Man Principle
says in part, that all men and women are created equal. This is not so controversial in itself. The controversy came
from the fact that I emphasized how important it was that this concept applied to ALL people. And I emphasized that if it
did not apply to ALL people, then it applied to no one. Sparse College will tell you that they agree with this Principle,
but do they really practice it and apply it to ALL people? I had heard, read and seen a lot of disturbing events occurring
there, which seemed to be propagated by hidden policies of the Sparse College administration which would appear to
show that Sparse College and its administration do not believe in nor practice the Brotherhood of Man Principle and are
actually opposed to others believing in or practicing this Principle.
I remembered when I had seen someone preaching from the Bible being surrounded by the campus security guards
and being handcuffed and roughly hauled off while large numbers of students, staff and faculty looked on. I also
remembered how my Spiritual Values class (where I had highlighted some of the more important precepts set forth by
Christ such as Brotherhood, and where I emphasized personal spirituality over religious dogma), was received coldly
and even with hostility by the Sparse College administration and some staff.
Now, a lot of people and organizations will also tell you they agree with this Principle (Brotherhood of Man) but are they
willing to practice it toward all people? Many who profess to uphold this Principle and say that they seek justice, really
mean that they are seeking “just-us” and rights for “just-us.” No one else really matters. There is a huge difference
between giving lip service to The Brotherhood of Man Principle and actually practicing it. Too many people seek to find
exceptions to this Principle, but there are no exceptions.
The sentimental journey I was on did not last long, however, as I was abruptly shaken back to physical reality. What
occurred next was something taken right out of the Twilight Zone. The woman, who had been staring at me, got up and
walked over to me. She addressed me by name in an awkwardly contrived pleasant manner. I thought at first she
might have been a sister or mother or friend of Gil, my "student," and perhaps she was there to tell me that Gil would
not be able to make the appointment on time. This thought lasted less than a millisecond as I looked at her face and
saw a sheer meanness glaring through. The realization came too late, for as a gesture of good will, I told her my
name. She then said she was with campus security, grabbed me and handcuffed my hands behind my back. She
called for assistance on her radio, and I was led away to an awaiting squad car.
At least three people saw me being kidnapped. I hoped at least one of them would call the police. I considered yelling
out to those people that my assailants were not police, but rather terrorists, and for them to call the police. But I
decided not to. I was concerned that I could be seriously injured in retaliation, as my hands were cuffed behind my
back.
The Detainment
A campus security squad car showed up, and another campus security person got out. They pushed me into the car to
take me to headquarters. I didn't know why they wanted me, or why they had set me up. Their reasons were not to be
apparent until later.
I was led into a small room. The security person who had initiated the incident showed me her handgun holster and
made sure that I understood the implied threat. Soon it was clear that they wanted to interrogate me. They asked for
my name. I had already told them, and I insisted upon a lawyer. They refused. I demanded to talk to the police. They
refused, claiming that they were the police. But I knew better. Putting on a badge and uniform does not a police officer
make!
I wanted my one phone call and they refused that, as well. I remembered my rights and I knew that I did not have to talk
to them. And why should I? In my view, they were not acting like the police are supposed to act. I saw no reason to
honor their "requests” because they were acting more like terrorists than police. Every time I did not answer a
question, one of the security guards would come over to me and tighten the handcuffs behind my back (while claiming
he was loosening them). Finally, my wrists started to bleed. I asked for medical assistance, and they refused. They
would not take off the handcuffs nor place them in front of me. They kept me handcuffed behind my back for hours for
no apparent reason. Even some serial killers are not treated that badly. However, the security guards did not accuse
me of being a serial killer. They were later to say that they used a sting operation to bring me onto campus to confront
me as to why I had allegedly “taken too much time to get paper and pencil ready to teach.” (As bizarre as it sounds, this
was the absurd excuse that had been given by the security detail and by the Sparse College administration to the news
media for the sting operation).
They finally decided to move me to another location. They took me to a squad car and locked me into a seat belt, the
handcuffs still behind my back. Although it was only late March, the day was unusually warm. It felt like a hot summer
day. The squad car they placed me in had been left in the hot sun with all the windows rolled up. The backseat was
partitioned off from the front and there was no ventilation whatsoever. I found it stifling and very hard to breathe.
I remembered seeing on television just how deadly it can be to leave someone in a car in the sun on a hot day. I
screamed for them to come back and open a window, but they ignored me. I decided I had to be very quiet in order to
breathe. The security detail finally returned, and we were off to another destination.
They took me to a different location several miles away. After several more hours of detention, I was finally set free.
However, campus security had seized all of my money and belongings and my car was at their main headquarters miles
away. It was a rainy Saturday night, and I had no money for a cab. I would have to walk miles on mostly deserted
roads, up and down hills in the pouring rain, and I was wearing dress shoes that were wholly unsuited for extensive
walking. I tried calling my friend Jim, whom I had talked to just before I was taken into custody. I finally got him on the
phone.
I told him it had been a setup (as we had speculated in earlier conversations). I also told him that I needed a ride, and
he agreed to pick me up. Just before he arrived, Sparse College security finally returned my belongings, but they would
not return my faculty identification card. I was told that I had to sign a waiver “voluntarily” surrendering the card to
them, or I would be detained indefinitely. I decided to waive my rights to the card, and I signed.
It seemed to me that these people who claimed to be police were out to break my spirit, but they failed. Their actions
only strengthened my spirit and my resolve. These people who claimed to be police seemed to think that by acting like
terrorists, they could easily intimidate me, but they found that I was not so easily terrorized.
After Thoughts
So, what is the meaning of this incident? Is this confirmation of an irrational world where violation of the spirit rules
supreme, or is it something else? Are we all victims or potential victims of others’ pernicious behavior or willingness to
violate the spirit, or do we have the power to be safe? In the next chapters, we will examine these types of events with
the understanding that we have the power to alter even the most negative occurrences. We will also be looking at
ways of coping with the most unpleasant of incidents, even violent or potentially violent incidents.
Questions and Answers
Sparse College Warning
Q: Why did you go to Sparse College after having been warned not to? Didn't you bring your alleged
mistreatment on yourself if you knew there was danger but went there anyway?
A: By going to the college and keeping my appointment that day, I was simply going to work like anyone else. I had
tutored at Sparse College for years and had been on the college's Mathematics faculty. There was no rational reason
not to go to work. I have learned, however, not to ignore the inner signals such as the ones I received that day.
Ultimately, the signals advised me to keep the appointment despite the hardships I would face. I trust that part of me--
my Soul or Entity--that gives me such advice. This greater part of ourselves can suggest actions that will bring greater
fulfillment to our lives, though it sometimes involves difficult circumstances.
Finding yourself in a dangerous situation does not put you at fault for being in that situation. Those who went to work
at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 were not at fault for being there at the wrong time and being injured
or killed by terrorists, even if some experienced the same kind of inner warning I did. We know who was at fault for
those events: Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atta, and the 19 hijackers. The victims of a tragedy should never be
blamed for it.
Campus Security Deciding a
Teacher’s Physics and Math Knowledge
Q: Shouldn't the campus police do whatever is necessary to protect the students by stopping anyone who acts
suspiciously and detaining them as they detained you? They must have had some reason for taking you into custody.
A: The Sparse College administration implied that the incident began with a student complaint about the “quality
of instruction.”1 Apparently the student alleged that I "took too much time getting paper and pencil ready to teach," and
that I was allegedly critical of her Mathematics background.2 Not only were the complaints trivial, but they had been
made over a year before the incident of my detainment, and were the concerns of just one student. Clearly, the lack of
seriousness of the allegations did not justify the brutal treatment I received. I was not acting suspiciously that day on
campus and was only there in the first place because of the fake tutoring job they themselves had set up. The college
has a right and an obligation to investigate complaints against faculty, but in this case the charges were so trivial that
they easily could have addressed them in a simple letter (sent to the same address to which they had been sending my
paycheck from the college). It was certainly unnecessary for the police to initiate a sting operation to bring me onto
campus.
Had I believed that campus security had a valid reason for detaining me, I would not have had a problem with being
detained. However, I was kept handcuffed behind my back for hours for no known reason. They did not behave like
people who wanted to resolve the matter quickly by finding out if I were guilty or innocent. My rights were ignored as
they refused to honor my requests for medical assistance and a phone call to civil authorities.
Because the college acted so completely out of proportion and took such radical action against me for such a trivial
matter, I have to consider their motives under a highly critical light.
Campus Security Protecting Students
From Mathematics Knowledge
Q: Is it possible that campus security was merely overzealous in their desire to protect students? After all, people are
now checked at airports before getting on planes for safety reasons. Other suspects, such as members of the al-
Qaeda, are treated a lot worse than you were. Why should you expect to be treated nicely when our country must be
on guard against dangerous persons, now more than ever?
A: It is true that Sparse College administration attempted to justify the assault by claiming that they had the right “to
protect their students.” But what were they purportedly protecting their students from? I was not boarding an airplane;
I was sitting on campus. The two situations are very different. A hijacker can take control of an airplane, crash the
plane, and kill everyone in it as well as thousands of others, where as I, just sitting on campus, could do nothing that
would compare to such actions. I am also not a member of the al-Qaeda, a group that proclaims that they only "want
to kill Americans," and who are clearly a potential danger to the public.
By contrast, I had proclaimed--in my Spiritual Values class at Sparse College--that I am dedicated to creating peace
and equality in the world. Furthermore, I was a respected Mathematics instructor without the slightest reputation of
being dangerous. There were many positive student evaluations of me on file, as well as a very strong and very
positive recommendation from Sparse College's Chairman of Mathematics and numerous letters of recommendation
from faculty, administration, and students.
Even if I had committed some crime, I would not be able to justify the harsh treatment the security detail meted out.
Regardless of the circumstances, even ersatz police should treat their detainees with respect and allow them their
dignity.
Sparse College may have deluded itself that some kind of threat existed because one of its students was unhappy with
the Mathematics instruction. This is not and cannot ever be an excuse for such a violent overreaction on their part.
Such an overreaction as this by Sparse College, borders on paranoia.
In our world, we need to strike out in a reasonable and measured manner against what we see as evil. However, if our
focus narrows to seeing evil where none exists, we may find that we act out of a distorted sense of self-protection. This
kind of paranoid overreaction as demonstrated by Sparse College is the same principle driving the al-Qaeda network,
which has made a life-style of violent overreaction to every slight that they believe has been done to Muslims over the
centuries. The al-Qaeda terrorists see evil everywhere and evil in everyone who is not one of their numbers.
If we misjudge a situation and see it as threatening when it is not, we may again act out in a distorted fashion in our
quest for self-defense. Acting in these distorted manners can and does bring about far greater evils as we have seen
on and since September 11, 2001. A fair amount of this book is dedicated to understanding this precise phenomenon
and how to properly deal with it. The phenomenon I speak of is how so many people, groups and countries, in the
name of “self-protection” or in the name of combating evil, actually commit far greater evils in stopping these real or
imagined “evils.”
Sparse College’s Skeletons
Q: How has the college dealt with similar matters in the past, and how do these instances relate to your own
experiences?
A: Circa, 1990, I had read in the City newspaper that the Chairman of the Mathematics Department at Sparse
College (the same Department that I had taught Mathematics for) had been arrested by City police, (not campus police)
at the apartment of one of his female students for allegedly sexually assaulting or sexually abusing her. However, as
far as I know, he was never barred from campus as I was and he still teaches at Sparse College. It's possible that the
allegations were never proven, but the point is that the college never took such strong action against him as they did
against me on suspicion of the patently frivolous allegations charged against me. If the college administration is so
concerned with “protecting their students” as they claim, why didn’t they take any strong action against the department
chair for when he had been accused?
At times, I noticed a considerable amount of student unrest over petty matters. In one case, reportedly, a Sparse
College student killed another student on campus over a minor dispute.
Also, the administration and faculty had been at odds over faculty unionization. The dispute between college
management and teachers was almost openly hostile.
Then, there was also an event involving a preacher on campus preaching about the Bible when his sermon was
interrupted by the people dressed as security guards (presumably Sparse College security guards), who
unceremoniously cuffed him behind his back and hauled him away. While the preacher seemed out of place with his
circa 1870’s clothing, he was not bothering anyone and was merely preaching from the Bible. Were the Sparse College
campus police being used as kind of a “goon squad” by the college administration to thwart messages of Christ or
different interpretations of messages of Christ, or perhaps to enforce conformity of thought and behavior, or perhaps
even the dress code? What was the college administration trying to “protect their students” from in this instance?
Were they trying to “protect their students” from people who might challenge the mainline of beliefs (religious oriented
beliefs or otherwise) of the college administration and student body? If so, this is not too much different than the role of
the religious police in Saudi Arabia, Iran or under the Taliban whose primary purpose is to enforce conformity in
religion, thought, gender dress codes, and gender roles, and to protect the ruling body from those with different ideas.
There was also the conversation with the editor of the school newspaper who said he had seen people doing nothing
more than just sitting on campus being taken away by the security detail. When the editor wrote an unflattering article
about Sparse College’s police-state-like tactics--he too was taken in for hostile interrogation by the Sparse College
campus security detail. This same editor had spoken to me about similar unprovoked assaults perpetrated by the
Sparse College security detail against its students and visitors to campus. He said that in the past, it had been such a
problem that the students even formed an organization to keep track of the unprovoked attacks by campus security on
students and visitors.
Considering the ominous and shady role of the campus security detail, and considering the murky events occurring at
Sparse College, it all added up to a generally uneasy atmosphere. It is that type of negativity that can influence and
attract negative events, as I will discuss in more detail later.
Prosecuting Campus Security
Q: Did you ever follow up with criminal charges against the campus police?
A: I was advised by law enforcement officials not to. According to them, no judge would allow the prosecution of
police (even campus police) unless I had been killed or severely injured.
However, even if the legal system would not indict the police officers, it remains clear in my mind that the campus police
of Sparse College violated the most universal and important of all laws, The Brotherhood of Man Principle. This law
applies to all universes and realities and is what most just and fair laws are based upon. It is incumbent upon all of us
to learn of this law while we are here on Earth. More about the power of this Law will be discussed later.
Motives
Q: What do you think the true motive was behind the assault by Sparse College security guards?
A: I believe that they committed a hate-crime against me. I further believe that the hate-crime committed against me
was a religious hate-crime.
Hate-Crimes
Q: What is a hate-crime?
A: A hate-crime is generally a violent crime that involves the promotion of terror by the perpetrator against people
who are members of some group. That group could be a religious, spiritual, ethnic, racial, national origin, gender or
otherwise. Hate and unreasoning fear and Spiritual ignorance are always involved in a hate-crime. An example of
what is not a hate-crime would be someone robbing someone and even using violence to do it, but the motive in a
robbery is just the attainment of money. While hate, ignorance and fear may be involved on the part of the robber,
one missing ingredient is the promotion of terror for a particular group.
If part of the robber’s motive is to engender fear in, let us say, Hindus by picking upon a Hindu to commit this crime, this
crime then becomes a hate-crime. The World Trade Center Massacre is an example of a hate-crime perpetrated by
Islamic extremists who wanted to provoke terror among all Americans and terror among those who were not of the same
religion as they. This would be called a religious hate-crime, as it was intended against those who were seen by the
terrorists to be in violation of the codes or customs of Islam. Many hate-crimes are religious hate-crimes. They may
not be committed by Islamic extremists wanting to take down jet planes, but may be committed by others who do not
necessarily consider themselves religious. They often try to justify their hate-crimes with some kind of extremist
religious dogma.
Book of Judgments
Q: Why do you believe that the Sparse College administration and their security guards had perpetrated a religious
hate-crime against you? How do you know that the Sparse College administration orchestrated or even condoned this
attack and that rogue security guards didn’t commit it? How do you know that the assault wasn’t for a different reason
and not a religious hate-crime? Why do you call the incident a abduction instead of being taken into custody?
A: The answers to all of these questions are judgment calls or opinions based upon the facts as I know them. Let us
take these questions one at a time. Let us consider first whether Sparse College administration orchestrated or even
condoned the attack. I believe that it is unlikely that campus security guards would use such strong-arm tactics without
first getting authorization from the college administration. Since I believe that their actions were unduly harsh and were
motivated by unworthy reasons, I can only characterize their actions as a abduction and not a mere “being taken into
custody.” While it is possible that it was an attack by rogue security guards, the college administration came down
completely on the side of those security guards, which leads me to believe that it was more likely than not, that the
college administration orchestrated the attack and certainly condoned it.
Let us consider now whether the attack was religiously motivated or not. This is a more difficult connection to make, but
I believe that there is a connection.
Prior to the assault on me, I had taught a class in Spiritual Values through the college (this was in addition to the
Mathematics courses I had taught at Sparse College). The class was highly successful and I wanted to bring the
information from the class to more people on campus. When I had approached a number of people in Sparse College
administration or in administrative roles, about doing more of these classes and telling them about what the classes
were about, many were absolutely bellicose. Also, as already said, I had also seen how Sparse College security guards
(or those dressed as security guards) seized a preacher on campus, which would set a precedent for them doing the
same thing to me. Moreover, at a later time, a Sparse College student contacted me and claimed to have access to
certain information about the attack from the college administration. This person said the information was from a person
she went to school with in her hometown. She said that this person, who was considered an activist of sorts, was in
touch with the Sparse College administration and was being told things in order to convince him to ignore the crime
committed by the college. This person revealed to me that the administration had been telling people that the attack
was because of something “negative” in the past. If this person was accurate in what the college had said and if the
administration was referring to something about my teaching in the past, what did it refer to? Were they referring to my
Mathematics teaching at the college for which I received a very good recommendation from the Sparse College
Mathematics Chair? Were they referring to my teaching of the Spiritual Values class? If they were, public opinion would
probably not permit them to pinpoint this and so it would make sense for them to rationalize the attack with a vague
“quality of instruction” pretext and imply that it related to my Mathematics’ teaching, as their pretext for the sting
operation.
Another point to consider is the brutality of their actions relative to the complaint about the “quality of instruction”. Their
actions were approaching the level of religious zealousness and cruelty that was taken by the Taliban against men for
such minor infractions (of prevailing religious doctrine) as having a beard was of “insufficient length” and against
women who did not proper gender attire. This is not to say that one has to have fundamentalist beliefs to carry out the
kind of harsh behavior exhibited by the guards, however, such behavior is consistent with such religious zealousness.
While the evidence showing what the college did was a religious hate-crime is not absolutely conclusive, I submit that its
behavior is consistent with having committed a religious hate-crime. There is also some evidence to suggest that this
was a gender-based hate-crime. If this is not a hate-crime of any sort, then let us consider the possibilities. I submit
that this means that the security guard sting operation was caused by my alleged failure to “prepare paper and pencil”
quickly enough for teaching over a year prior to the sting, as alleged by the college. I submit that this also means that
the college was somehow justified in its brutal treatment of me during their interrogation during this “quality of
instruction” sting. I submit that this also means that college administration believes that it is more important to have
sting against a former faculty member on this frivolous accusation about “the quality of instruction” than taking any
proportionally strong action against a current faculty member found by city police in the apartment of one of his
students who then accused him of sexual assault or abuse.
It is possible that campus security truly believed that I was a threat in some manner. During the Dark Ages (and
afterward), many people held unreasoning fears and fervently believed witches were everywhere acting as agents of
“Satan”. When women engaged in male dominated occupations, or did not have a husband or owned a black cat, it
was considered sufficient evidence (pretext) for arrest and conviction of witchcraft. If you had a hysterical young girl
who would swear that the defendant was a witch, you had an airtight case and execution would be sure to follow.
Did the college administration and/or campus security have such deep unreasoning fears of me or what I did, or what I
said to people, or who I was, to seek a pretext to commit their misdeeds against me? Did the college administration
through their security guards perpetrate a religious hate-crime or were they just using their security guards to insure
better academic instruction as they claim? I will let the reader decide.
Spiritual Values
Q: What was so controversial about your Spiritual Values class that might have scared the Sparse College
administration?
A: I tried to contemporize the words of Christ in my class and offer a contemporary version of the Divine Being. I also
gave examples and methods of how to use those messages for people to improve their lives. A person did not have to
be a Christian per se or belong to any particular religion or belong to any religion per se, to use the word of Christ. I
tried to give the message contemporary so as not to turn off people who might think that I was forcing them to accept a
religion that they didn’t want to believe in. I emphasized the importance of personal spirituality. We spoke about a
person’s relationship to the Divine Being and each person’s Divine roots and expression of those roots as well as Man’s
multifaceted aspects. I also discussed responsible freedom of expression. We also spoke of The Brotherhood of Man
Principle. These were just some of the topics discussed.
The classes that I had given at Sparse College and elsewhere were so successful that I decided to approach the
Sparse College administration with offering similar lectures or presentations to those who lived in the dormitories. As
already stated, the administration’s response was strikingly rude and belligerent. Later, their response to me I saw as
mild compared to what I witnessed sometime later. This was when a preacher had come to campus and he was
manacled by uniformed police, presumably Sparse College “religious police” (security guards) and hauled him away as
if he were a common criminal.
I can’t say for certain which particular aspects of the Spiritual Values class or teachings of Christ, if any, would spark
the college administration to order a “sting operation” against me. However, given all the information that I have, my
promotion of that Spiritual Values class and it’s contemporary teachings of Christ and about the Divine Being appears
to be a strong possibility for the true motive behind the abduction and assault perpetrated by the college administration.
Secular Schools
Q: If Sparse College is a religious school, then don’t they have the right to use any method available to stop you from
proselytizing another religion at their school?
A: First of all, Sparse College is not a religious school. They may have campus ministries on campus, like most
colleges do, but Sparse College is nevertheless a secular school. Secondly, I was not proselytizing about Christ on
campus. I had not been on campus in quite a while and they had lured me onto campus with a fake tutoring position.
Thirdly, if their true motive was to stop me from proselytizing about Christ on campus, why should they lie about their
motive and say that it all had to do with the “quality of instruction”. Why wouldn’t the Sparse College administration be
forthright and say that the sting operation and resulting abduction and assault were because I was proselytizing about
Christ on campus? Fourthly, the “proselytizing” that I did on campus was primarily done within the confines of my
Spiritual Values class, which had been authorized by Sparse College. Moreover, that class had ended a number of
year’s prior. Fifthly, I was not really proselytizing at all at anytime. My motive was not to convert anyone to anything,
but rather show people the concepts and let them use their critical faculties to decide to accept or reject those concepts.
Campus Ministry
Q: Aren’t there campus ministries at Sparse College? Do they take a similar attitude toward them as well?
A: Colleges generally will have ministries on campus. It has not been uncommon, in our past and as well as our
present for rulers of countries to have their established ministries and not accept others. Those ministries which are
complacent to the establishment and don’t ask too many questions, and are very easily satisfied with excuses given as
to why their hosts do not follow the word of Christ, are those ministries most often sought by establishments which have
unworthy policies to hide. Such ministries may make a commotion about religious repression in China, but will be silent
about repression of their hosts. The ministries at Sparse College are not an exception as far as complacency is
concerned.
All of the campus ministries at Sparse College were made aware of the violence done to me by the administration and
its security guards. However, I am not aware of any protest of any kind issuing forth from any ministry or from anyone
on campus for that matter save a few students, whom the administration later apparently tried to harass and intimidate.
Chapter 1 Notes:
1. This was the excuse given by the college administration to the news media for the sting operation and abduction (or
being taken into custody as the college administration would say) and to be questioned about the “quality of instruction”
(as the college administration would also say).
2. The allegation that I “took too much time getting paper and pencil in order" and that I had allegedly “criticized the
student’s lack of course knowledge” was yet another excuse given to the news media by the college administration for
the “sting operation” by security guards.