This is my stupid school. I can’t tell you how absolutely pissed off I am. I came to a “Christian” school hoping to escape this crap. I knew I should’ve gone to Hillsdale or Liberty. Now I’m stuck here with Godless wishy-washy morons.
My son goes to SPU. He said that already there has been enough uproar from the students that they WILL be having the flag ceremony and Pledge.
One thing they are still trying to overturn (he’s a Junior) is the new rules on “hazing” which has gone overboard. The various floors have different things to build community. Holding a sock up in the air for an hour while some guy talks, etc. Now banned. I think a bunch of guys got kicked out for still doing it. That was the floor that Paul was on that was killed last year by the gunman. A floor that KNEW community.
My son’s floor had to carry around a bowling ball for a week(?), month(?) everywhere they went as a sign of carrying your brother’s burdens. He was at some breakfast place (with the 8 egg omelete) and some old guy saw the bowling ball, came over and said “Sixth Hill! Let me buy you breakfast!” They had a nice chat.
This PC stuff is getting out of hand.
David McKenna, a former president of your university, who became head of my seminary years ago, was a good guy. However, he wasn’t strong at holding back Asbury’s slide toward the political left.
My sense is that our Methodist heritage as believers is going to be buried unless God intervenes.
The notion that it is impossible to demonstrate patriotic citizenship AND be a solid believer in Jesus is leftist claptrap.