Would you send your kid to Liberty University?

[Anonymous]

Absolutely not and I say that as someone who was raised in an evangelical church and attended Christian schools K-12. My religious parents also had serious doubts about this school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd go to Grove City or Wheaton over Liberty.

This x100000. I have a family member at GC and there are a variety of people there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd go to Grove City or Wheaton over Liberty.

This x100000. I have a family member at GC and there are a variety of people there.

What do you mean?

[Anonymous]

No way. And I'm a weirdly devout Christian.

[Anonymous]

No. No ideological diversity. Bubble.

Wouldn't send my kid to Oberlin either, fwiw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd go to Grove City or Wheaton over Liberty.

This x100000. I have a family member at GC and there are a variety of people there.

That's interesting. I had always assumed there are a variety of people at virtually every school.

[Anonymous]

Liberty or Bob Jones? Which is least desirable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Liberty or Bob Jones? Which is least desirable?

Both are more desirable than Hampshire.

[Anonymous]

Conservative evangelical here. My kids will probably go to public or no religious private.

But if I was going the evangelical route, Baylor is the only comprehensive Christian university I would consider for my kids. For LACs, I would be fine with Wheaton, Grove City, Gordon, Pepperdine, Covenant, Geneva.

Liberty is a weird place.

[Anonymous]

What about Berry? It looks like a real college. But skews conservative. Also looks beautiful.

[Anonymous]

Never

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. A friend's son has committed to going; son is very religious and conservative; friend kind of the opposite. She respects his beliefs and doesn't want them to limit where he goes, but is personally not in favor of his choice. I'd especially like to hear from conservative religious folks who may be weighing the high ed appointment in this potential choice.

It would limit him in the job world, don't you think? Unless he stayed within a very narrow field in an area populated by likeminded people.

College should expand your horizons, not limit them.

[Anonymous]

No. I grew up in a cult church. I escaped. I did not raise my kids to live their lives in a bubble. Do some research. Read some stories on Homeschoolers Anonymous.

[Anonymous]

Liberty is super conservative, right-ring cultish christianity.

I went to Wheaton 20 years ago and my friends and I are all democrats (for what it's worth). None of us applied to to Liberty or even considered it.
In the world of christian colleges, places like Liberty and Wheaton are night and day.
At Wheaton we were actively encouraged to think critically, question our faith, learn about other religions, etc.
We took 3 bible classes during our 4 years there (Old Testament history, New testament history and one theology class) but other than that, religion didn't infiltrate our classes. They were
as secular as they are at any institution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Liberty is super conservative, right-ring cultish christianity.

I went to Wheaton 20 years ago and my friends and I are all democrats (for what it's worth). None of us applied to to Liberty or even considered it.
In the world of christian colleges, places like Liberty and Wheaton are night and day.
At Wheaton we were actively encouraged to think critically, question our faith, learn about other religions, etc.
We took 3 bible classes during our 4 years there (Old Testament history, New testament history and one theology class) but other than that, religion didn't infiltrate our classes. They were
as secular as they are at any institution.

PaleoCon here
I'm not sure if Wheaton can be called a "Christian" college. I looked into it(I was told that it's a serious Christian college with top notch academics) Unfortunately , Wheatons swerved to the Left in the last few decades. I looked over their list of clubs, and they have a Feminist Club on campus. Feminism and orthodox Christianity are not compatible. Then I see an article in Christianity Today after the election. The article said that 43% of Wheaton students supported Hillary Clinton. This is unacceptable for a Christian college. Hillary is pro-choice, pro-gay, a radical Feminist, and allied with BLM. I can understand a Christian not voting for Trump, but to vote for HRC is an act of apostasy( again, from an orthodox Christian standpoint) Wheaton surely has some great professors and students, but it's not a serious Christian college. I'd much rather attend a secular college than a college that claims to be Christian and isn't. However, Wheaton did do the right thing when they fired Larycia Hawkins. There are no truly Christian colleges in America today. All of them have been influenced by Leftism/Modernism to one degree or another. The only Christian college I applied to is Grove City. I'm always amused when Liberals on DCUM bring up "critical thinking" as if they are the only ones who can think critically. I do believe that there are many people who call themselves Christian who don't think critically. There are also plenty of Liberals/Atheists who don't think critically. Everyone has presuppositions, so no one is ever completely unbiased. There are plenty of great orthodox Christian scholars.