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Looking For a Nice Safe Community with a Fairly Conservative College
12.07.02 | mlmr

Posted on 12/07/2002 8:29:52 AM PST by mlmr

I am looking for a safe, conservative community for my family. I live in the middle of liberal La-la land and homeschool my children. There are some changes in our lives and I now have to work and the children need to be in schools. They are not going to be quite as supervised or protected as before and I need to provide a safe community for them. I have a gifted and talented daughter who could take college courses. I have three younger children who I need to place in good public or Christian schools. Safety and conservative culture are two major factors here. Any input from Freepers would be gratefully received.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: collegetown; familyvalues; nice; safe
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To: TopDog2
I know, I know, but if Northern Indiana were one's bag there are a number of MORE Christian and More conservative colleges than Valpo...at more of a remove from the mess in Indiana's northwest corner.

I think Winona Lake and Goshen or Elkhart still have Christian colleges, and of course South Bend has Notre Dame [wait, maybe that is as liberal for Catholic as Valpo is for Lutherans]...

All that said, though, I am not trying to say Valpo town or school are BAD, just to kind of get it out of A list into B+.

Wheaton College in a Chicago suburb is Christian...

161 posted on 12/09/2002 6:53:23 AM PST by crystalk
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To: TopDog2
I have visited Valpo many times. (Use to stay at the Lempke, downtown) I have been to their apostate chapel and have known some of their leftwing, foam-at-the-mouth demokrat socialist students.

Valpo is a place which will destroy anything students learned from their parents.

The students I know, went there because it wasn't conservative.

162 posted on 12/09/2002 6:56:55 AM PST by CWRWinger
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To: crystalk
A lurking friend has suggested that I state that there is a Mennonite college [Eastern Mennonite C or U?] at Harrisonburg, Va. a beautiful area in the Shenandoah Valley, as well as the large and well regarded State Univ, James Madison U, all in a lovely community of what, 30 thousand souls or so?
163 posted on 12/09/2002 6:56:59 AM PST by crystalk
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To: CWRWinger
I hate to say this but I am scared of Presbyterian or Lutheran "Christians"-- they just don't seem to have an Anchor that will Hold them in the true faith of Jesus Christ, when the storms of liberalism and secularism, and yes "anti SEMITISM" and anti-Israel rather than pro-, and replacement theology and Preterism...strike.

"Will your Anchor hold, in the storms of life, when the Clouds unroll their Wings of Strife...When the Strong Tides Lift, When the Cables strain, Will your Anchor Drift, or will it Firm remain?"

164 posted on 12/09/2002 7:01:29 AM PST by crystalk
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To: keeper53
I know and much respect Jerry Falwell and his Liberty U, but from the standpoint of this lady thinking of moving in I am warning all that Lynchburg can be a narrow-minded, unaccepting, crime-ridden and bigoted little city, and the countryside around it not much better.

Better live right on the campus and avoid the town, try to pretend it isn't there.

LYNCH-burg, LYNCH-burg, I think the guy for whom that word was constructed lived right near there.

165 posted on 12/09/2002 7:04:13 AM PST by crystalk
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To: keeper53
You are right about Cedarville, but it is so CLOSE (shudder) to that liberal cesspit Antioch College nearby, that it gives me the willies.
166 posted on 12/09/2002 7:05:20 AM PST by crystalk
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To: mlmr
I have a gifted and talented daughter who could take college courses.

What subject does she want to study?
167 posted on 12/09/2002 7:05:47 AM PST by BikerNYC
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To: WVNan
Pt. Pleasant and one just across the bridge in Gallipolis, Oh. Within a 45 minute drive you can be at a super mall in Huntington or Charleston........ What have I missed?

The Mothman......just kidding. Couldn't resist.
BTW, how is your hubby doing? Hope all is well.

168 posted on 12/09/2002 7:08:23 AM PST by MadelineZapeezda
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To: intolerancewillNOTbetolerated
Yes, and don't forget Grove City Outlet Center. Giving proof to the theory 'if you build it, they will come'. I'm there at least twice a year. BTW....I attended Slippery Rock in the early 70's
169 posted on 12/09/2002 7:12:23 AM PST by MadelineZapeezda
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To: mlmr
Come to Texas. Baylor's here, and a whole bunch of smaller colleges with Judeo-Christian leanings. Just stay away from Austin.
170 posted on 12/09/2002 7:13:08 AM PST by fogarty
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To: CWRWinger
That was a long time ago then. That hotel hasn't been there for more than a few years.

According to my brother-in-law who graduated from there, it is much more conservative than most of the schools he has been associated with.

I don't think this is anything to argue about though...

171 posted on 12/09/2002 7:51:43 AM PST by TopDog2
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To: crystalk
My Mom went to Wheaton...

Yes, there are other Christian colleges in Northern Indiana, but Valpo is consistantly highly rated. Valparaiso is a nice, safe community as well.

172 posted on 12/09/2002 7:54:04 AM PST by TopDog2
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To: crystalk
Might it be better to stick to simply recommending locations on this thread, instead of criticizing certain religions? I know many wonderful and holy Presbyterians, the Presbyterian Church in America is quite conservative and a great body of believers.
173 posted on 12/09/2002 8:37:04 AM PST by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Sorry, I did not mean to criticize the MEMBERSHIP, who in many cases attend those liberal churches just because their parents, grandparents, or other ancestors did...But what comes out of those HQ are AWFUL!

And as you say the PCA is much better, but with the exception of Dr Kennedy's college in Lauderdale I could not think of a school they run; and this lady has already said she prefers a cold climate.

I myself was on the membership books for 10 yrs here at the local PCUSA church, and left those books more in sorrow than in anger when I just could NOT stomach the HQ anymore-- and I still attend it once in awhile, great people, very kind and loving Christians, and good cooks!

But I just could NOT in Christian love recommend their schools and those awful goddess-worshipping leftist professors to this lady, I just did not think I could tell her a Presby or Luth school would be right for her situation.

By the way, Jerry Falwell used to say, join the Bible believing, Born again church of your choice, but if you are in some cold Liberal mausoleum of a church that has been losing membership [PCUSA!--ed.] get OUT of there!...Then Jerry would say, "But you say, Grandma is buried in the backyard!"..."But I am here to tell you, she would leave TOO, if she only could! Get OUT of there!

"Come out of her, my people, lest ye receive of her plagues, for HER sins have reached unto heaven."

Notice it is NOT the rank and file believer in the pew who is said to have sinned, but the apostate religious institution. That is the PCUSA, IMHO.

174 posted on 12/09/2002 10:38:51 AM PST by crystalk
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To: mlmr
Hillsdale is FULL of drugs. I know several graduates, and they all have the same view. So, although it is conservative within the classroom (more Libertarian than Conservative actually) there is very little moral development (as would be expected from a Libertarian school).

I would recommend Cristendom College (Virginia), Thomas Aquinas College (California), or Ave Maria University (Naples, Florida). All are Conservative, Christian, and Safe. I went to the Franciscan University of Steubenville myself (Tops for moral development, but not terribly safe).

Multiracial? A truly Catholic school is the ONLY way to go. I mean, how multiracial can LDS be with the statements of Brigham Young and Joseph Smith. Mormons and the conservative Protestants lack any true intellectual history or framework. This becomes very evident in the University setting. The only problem with a Catholic University is finding one that is really Catholic. I have listed four here for you.

175 posted on 12/09/2002 10:51:43 AM PST by davidwendell
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To: davidwendell
Pat Robertson founded Regent U in Norfolk VA, and there is a school named after Patrick Henry in Loudoun Co Va that is especially for home schoolers, think I already mentioned it.

I agree about Christendom. Great.

Oh BTW, I have heard the Mormons are taking over the old former Southern Seminary at Buena Vista, Va. and making something really good out of that.

As you say, Mormons are all white and blond, though, with an occasional Polynesian or American Indian.

Whoever says Catholic schools are multi-racial has never seen the Seventh day Adventist ones, though, can you say, 3% versus 33%?

176 posted on 12/09/2002 11:05:09 AM PST by crystalk
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To: crystalk
I am scared of Presbyterian or Lutheran "Christians"--

Because this nation guaranttees the right to association, I choose not to associate with the above people you mentioned. Your comments are well received here.

177 posted on 12/09/2002 1:41:10 PM PST by CWRWinger
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To: crystalk
crystalk wrote regarding Huntsville, AL:

This is in far northern Alabama near Tenn. A large govt installation, NASA rockets I think, is there too.

NASA's Goddard Space Center and the Redstone military sites are both in Huntsville (along with the supporting contractors - Boeing/Lockheed/etc). Hope this helps. Stay away from Atlanta and Ashville, BTW. Neither are conservative (and Atlanta's suburbs are adversely affected by the rot in Fulton County, IMHO that is).

FRegards,
PrairieDawg

178 posted on 12/09/2002 2:05:06 PM PST by PrairieDawg
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To: PrairieDawg
In the Fifties, it looked like Asheville had had it, with the coming of air conditioning, its status as Where Everybody who Is Anybody in the South Spends the Summer--

seemed to be in the past.

But about 1965 the money started coming in, together with the liberals and lesbians and gays, and other artsy craftsy types, and the whole place is now too rich to scoff at, but too far left to be entirely comfortable, either.

179 posted on 12/09/2002 2:25:38 PM PST by crystalk
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To: mlmr


TAKE A LOOK.....



Brownwood, Texas has 20,000 pop. and
is in the Heartland of TX. Has Super-
WalMart, some industry, but small-town
atmosphere, values. Pretty town, lots
of trees, a lake & hills nearby. Its
conservative religious college has an
American Studies Program combined with
various majors, and an Honors program.
It's named Howard Payne University, is
a well-established institution & much
more genuinely conservative/religious
than Baylor U. It is S. Baptist. BTW,
I am not Baptist nor am I in B-wood.

Stephenville, TX is well northeast of
B-wood. Not as hilly, wooded or with
as much surface water but a fine area.
Gently rolling countryside, dotted by
graceful Oaks, lots of Dairy farms,
some Pecan Orchards, all so green in
spring/summer. Town of 15-16,000 pop.
Tarleton University is state funded
but rather conservative, known as one
of Texas A&M's feeder schools but has
plenty of its own offerings. Town is
slightly less in amenities than my 1st
pick, but not much. Closer to DFW if
that matters. I don't live there BTW.

Lots of very affordable housing in TX.

Ask me any question.

GOOD LUCK!
180 posted on 12/09/2002 4:01:20 PM PST by txrangerette
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