PapajisaysNO,
I found a comment by Rick Archer from BATGAP on Be Scofield's Facebook page. Since it's a public page, I feel it's Ok to share Rick's thoughts here as well.
In response to a Facebook post that questions why Rick Archer ever gave people like Bentinho and Moo a platform to express their beliefs to begin with, Rick says:
"Have you ever heard of a situation in which someone entered into a romantic relationship and then later discovered that their partner did not live up to their initial assessment? Not that uncommon, eh? We do our best to screen guests ahead of time but that process is not perfect. If we later discover that someone we've interviewed is behaving in harmful ways, we take the interview down, because our intention is to offer something that will help people, not harm them.
Also, people change. Someone can start out seeming very bright, wise, innocent, etc., but then fame and attention go to their head, and you know the rest.
Others had interviewed Bentinho before I did. That's how I discovered him. Same with most of these people. But BatGap does give them a significant boost, and has launched and sustained many careers. If you think that all teachers are corrupt and that such "careers" shouldn't exist, then I guess you'll see that as a bad thing. But I would disagree. I think all these spiritual teachers are playing an important role in perilous times. But a few bad apples can spoil the whole barrel, so we try to remove them before they do."
I found a comment by Rick Archer from BATGAP on Be Scofield's Facebook page. Since it's a public page, I feel it's Ok to share Rick's thoughts here as well.
In response to a Facebook post that questions why Rick Archer ever gave people like Bentinho and Moo a platform to express their beliefs to begin with, Rick says:
"Have you ever heard of a situation in which someone entered into a romantic relationship and then later discovered that their partner did not live up to their initial assessment? Not that uncommon, eh? We do our best to screen guests ahead of time but that process is not perfect. If we later discover that someone we've interviewed is behaving in harmful ways, we take the interview down, because our intention is to offer something that will help people, not harm them.
Also, people change. Someone can start out seeming very bright, wise, innocent, etc., but then fame and attention go to their head, and you know the rest.
Others had interviewed Bentinho before I did. That's how I discovered him. Same with most of these people. But BatGap does give them a significant boost, and has launched and sustained many careers. If you think that all teachers are corrupt and that such "careers" shouldn't exist, then I guess you'll see that as a bad thing. But I would disagree. I think all these spiritual teachers are playing an important role in perilous times. But a few bad apples can spoil the whole barrel, so we try to remove them before they do."