Would you send your kid to Liberty University?

[Anonymous]

Orthodox as in Eastern Orthodox?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Orthodox as in Eastern Orthodox?

Paleo here
No, "orthodox" as in traditional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Orthodox as in Eastern Orthodox?

Paleo here
No, "orthodox" as in traditional.

Sorry, I'm only familiar with the Eastern Orthodox Christian religions - Greek, Russian.

Googling brought up Antiochian Orthodox Christian in the US - is that what you mean by Orthodox Christian?

[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.

I would advise your friend's son to go to their website and read up on all of the rules he'll have to follow if he goes there. More than when I lived with my parents and that turned me off of the school completely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

OMG -- WWJD?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I would advise your friend's son to go to their website and read up on all of the rules he'll have to follow if he goes there. More than when I lived with my parents and that turned me off of the school completely.

I'm the OP, and I actually have no dog in my friend's kid's decision -- I'm just personally curious about the DCUM population's opinion of Liberty, from a religious/political/academic standpoint. The mother isn't thrilled but is trying to be supportive. I also have a college-bound kid and while we are not religious at all, I'd be open to a religiously affiliated school (like Georgetown/SMU) if the program and price were both right, but he would not belong in an environment like Liberty so it's a nonissue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don't teach basic science (ex: evolution). No way would I pay a dime to them. There are plenty of Christian colleges where you can get a good education. Liberty is not one of them.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This Orthodox Christian disagrees with these assertions.

[Anonymous]

No. Way.

[Anonymous]

Fuck no

[Anonymous]

PaleoCon here
Again when I say "orthodox" this is the definition I'm going by
"conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved."

So lower cameo "orthodox" Not the Eastern denominations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PaleoCon here
Again when I say "orthodox" this is the definition I'm going by
"conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved."

So lower cameo "orthodox" Not the Eastern denominations

Still no; just no.

Also to OP i have had friends attend Liberty and they chafed at the rules (despite being committed evangelicals). I somehow got on the mailing list and the recruitment materials did not suggest it offered an academically grounded education.

[Anonymous]

And this from today's WP: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/friendship-public-charter-school-scraps-plan-to-offer-courses-from-liberty-university/2017/02/17/851ccada-f53f-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html?hpid=hp_local-news_libertyu-845am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.01ae6981857b

Glad the charter thought twice, but how frightening it was a possibility to begin with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PaleoCon here
Again when I say "orthodox" this is the definition I'm going by
"conforming to what is generally or traditionally accepted as right or true; established and approved."

So lower cameo "orthodox" Not the Eastern denominations

Approved by whom? Accepted as right or true by whom?

As a Christian, or follower of Christ, I live by his teachings. Jesus was a feminist, and so am I.