Get A Life Ep.169 Breaking News! Cult Bans Pets: Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
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The episode discusses a recent edict from the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church banning pet ownership among its members, revealing the dark history and consequences of such a ban.
Breaking news – Exclusive Brethren boss orders 50,000 members to dispose of their pets! An edict from the Brethren’s Sydney HQ was read out in all 300+ Plymouth Brethren Christian Church congregations globally on Saturday (May 2nd 2026), banning pet ownership by members. Cats, dogs, birds, rats and mice were all mentioned as being spiritually ‘unclean’ animals, and members were ordered to “uphold the words of the great leaders” who originally instigated the ‘pet ban’ in 1964.The PBCC is the cult depicted so effectively in Netflix’s Unchosen drama – and the truth is just as strange and horrific as the movie.History shows this will end very badly for thousands of cats, dogs, hamsters and guinea pigs globally. We expose harrowing stories of the mass slaughter of pets after the original 1964 edict, from both contemporary newspapers and from former members who witnessed their pets being killed – some by euthanasia, and some by cruel and amateurish brutality. We point out the dark hypocrisy of the PBCC’s PR podcasts that depict members as happy pet-owning animal lovers while secretly ordering a cull of cats and dogs.Next time you see the cheerful red tents and uniformed “volunteers” of…
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