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[Marauder]

In her Introduction to Bible class, her professor explains that the Bible was written by many different authors over many centuries and so cannot be taken literally.

The same can be said of any library. Why is it that the more education some people have, the dumber they get?

[agrarianlady]

This is certainly nothing new. I transferred to a very, very liberal Christian college. I'm calling it "Christian" for the sole reason that it is a member of the Association of Christian Colleges. The feminism movement was overpowering there. Most of the guys ended up homosexual at the end. But everyone happily attended their "wedding" at the local American Baptist Church.

It's all in "Christianity and Liberalism" by J. Gresham Machen. Check it out at Amazon.com or whevever else you look for books.

[SouthernFreebird]

Does anyone have information on Campbell University...are they a Christian college in name only?

[goldstategop]

In a secular and liberal culture, spiritual and conservative alternatives are needed. That's precisely why the Left (I am not speaking of abortion here) for once feels threatened by "choice." Academe is its last remaining monopoly.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[zzen01]

A good indication as to how "Christian" a collage is, is to look at what denomination it is attached to. If it is attached to ANY "Willow Creek" or NCC(National Council of "Churches") demonination this I personally would look further.

[AmericanChef]

Why does anyone assume that a good Christian is a narrow fundamentalist? That's not an open-minded view of things. The hypocrisy is asonishing.

[Zeroisanumber]

I've often wondered what they teach in an Evangelical college's Biology class. Interesting.

[2ndreconmarine]

Her biology class teaches Darwinian evolution and makes fun of "creationists" who believe in Intelligent Design.

Well, at least this part is good news.

At least the college is, well, a college. It has to be acredited, and it won't be if it teaches ID, creationism, or any of that other fantasy rubbish.

If a school were to teach ID / creationism, it might as well teach astrology and voodoo as well.

[The Great RJ]

While I am a conservative and work at a Christian college, I disagree with the premise of this article. I too have seen students coming to our campus who are steeped in very fundamentalist values become confused and have a crisis of faith after being exposed to college teaching. However, I see the reason for this crisis of faith is that they have never really understood the "why" of what they believe. If their faith is based simply on the idea that this is the only way things are and that there can be no questioning of these "facts", they stand little chance in a secular world that will always challenge their beliefs.

A good Christian education should deepen their faith by teaching them to understand the why of what they believe.

[RATkiller]

I can understand the college girl's complaints about her courses except for English Lit. Modern English Lit. is full of the unsavory stuff mentioned, but if you're going to study it you have to read it.

Geneva College is, in my opinion, one of the worst in the nation. I worked with many of their graduates and they had a bible study group at our company and they all went. But they were some of the most unethical, back-stabbing, bordering on bigoted people I have ever met. During the 80ies one of their favorite books had a title something like "Business Secrets of Attila the Hun" (I am not making this up).

[righttackle44]

Thank you for the post. I graduated from a Southern
Baptist School--Grand Canyon University--where a truly
committed faculty, staff and student body gathered to
teach about the world from a liberal arts perspective
teaching about a personal faith in Christ.

Over the years, that school began to disintegrate. Our Southern Baptist leadership in the state led by an extremely weak administrator eventually abandoned the school and sold it to an entrepreneur. Now, the school claims to have a Christian perspective, but it is so weak and puny that the only thing you can really tell about the school's point of view is that is MOST LIKELY not a muslim school.

Very sad.

[Siena Dreaming]

In her Introduction to Bible class, her professor explains that the Bible was written by many different authors over many centuries and so cannot be taken literally.

Oops...there's the root of the problem. Bible needs to be taught. Real Bible. Other disciplines will flow from that.

[ColdSteelTalon]

In her Introduction to Bible class, her professor explains that the Bible was written by many different authors over many centuries and so cannot be taken literally...

STOP !!!! pull her out of that college and put her into one that does take the Bible seriously and literally. Hyles-Anderson College is one of them.

[Junior]

In a roundabout way, this impinges on one of our favorite topics of discussion.

I get the impression some of these kids expect to be cocooned from reality throughout their lives and are delivered quite a shock when they discover there is more in heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in their philosophies.