college as anti-christian indoctrination

[Christ_empowered]

no, this isn't an anti-education rant. I'm finishing a degree online, with Liberty.

Here's the deal..looking back over my first undergrad, in sociology (from a 3rd tier party school...awesome, right?!?!), I realize that a lot of secular college education is indoctrination. I had one professor compare taking communion to cannibalism. That apparently is "broadening our horizons." I think it was just some self-important prof trying to shock us and win her over to hyper-secularism.

Anyway, now that I'm "at" liberty (as in, Iogin to it daily), I see a huge difference. They try to integrate a (Protestant, evangelical) Christian worldview into every subject. I have no idea how they'll do it for math...that remains to be seen, lol.

We say Christian colleges have a bias. What if they're just more open about their bias, about where they're coming from? Secular colleges just aren't as open, that's all. Every time you're in a group, you get socialized into their norms, their way of doing things. I'm beginning to think that a lot of colleges are now more socialization than education.

Random AM thought. Must log into Liberty now

 

[reba]

YUP

 

[Deborah13]

no, this isn't an anti-education rant. I'm finishing a degree online, with Liberty.

Here's the deal..looking back over my first undergrad, in sociology (from a 3rd tier party school...awesome, right?!?!), I realize that a lot of secular college education is indoctrination. I had one professor compare taking communion to cannibalism. That apparently is "broadening our horizons." I think it was just some self-important prof trying to shock us and win her over to hyper-secularism.

Anyway, now that I'm "at" liberty (as in, Iogin to it daily), I see a huge difference. They try to integrate a (Protestant, evangelical) Christian worldview into every subject. I have no idea how they'll do it for math...that remains to be seen, lol.

We say Christian colleges have a bias. What if they're just more open about their bias, about where they're coming from? Secular colleges just aren't as open, that's all. Every time you're in a group, you get socialized into their norms, their way of doing things. I'm beginning to think that a lot of colleges are now more socialization than education.

Random AM thought. Must log into Liberty now

That's why it is important for parents to raise their children with a Christian view. If they do this from a very early age no professor is going to be able to overcome that.
Almost all campus' have Christian organizations on campus. A big one here in Colorado is the FCC Fellowship of Christian Cowboys.

 

[Claudya]

Never noticed anti-christian indoctrination. Of course atheist professors may speak their opinion, but that's something that they are free to do, and whoever attends a college /university should be smart enough to tell personal opinion and actual teaching appart.

 

[Deborah13]

Never noticed anti-christian indoctrination. Of course atheist professors may speak their opinion, but that's something that they are free to do, and whoever attends a college /university should be smart enough to tell personal opinion and actual teaching appart.

Not everyone is as smart as you are, Claudya. And in this country 18 yr. olds on the average as still very immature and therefore easily influenced. Many are just spoiled little children when they go off to college.

The age old battle rages on. Godly against unGodly.

 

[Claudya]

Not everyone is as smart as you are, Claudya. And in this country 18 yr. olds on the average as still very immature and therefore easily influenced. Many are just spoiled little children when they go off to college.

Well sure at age 18 teenagers are easily impressed (and that's good because they are still supposed to learn). But don't children learn at school how to discern objective and subjective parts of a message?

 

[Deborah13]

Well sure at age 18 teenagers are easily impressed (and that's good because they are still supposed to learn). But don't children learn at school how to discern objective and subjective parts of a message?

The problem is that many professors teach in a manner that implies that everything they say is objective. If the student doesn't have a solid background in another world view they are more prone to just accept what the professor presents as facts.

Our schools aren't very good at teaching independent in thinking. Believe what I tell you and don't object.

 

[jasonc]

Well sure at age 18 teenagers are easily impressed (and that's good because they are still supposed to learn). But don't children learn at school hoto discern objective and subjective parts of a message?

so I will bite. if you daughter came home with a strange male aged 60 and said she was in love with him and you didn't know him from a hill of beans. what would tell her? she is 18. I would give an earful.i remember well how dumb and ignorant and controllable I was then. common sense and wisdom come with experience and guidance at times Is needed. I may not post like I do have a degree but I have one. when I went to college, often I was the oldest in the class and had more discipline and drive then the "kids". I know what I wanted and had the military bearing to do what I needed to do. I wanted to be there and wasn't going because as is often the case. its the thing to do.

 

[Kathi]

My daughter went to a secular college for awhile.She wrote a paper on a Christian subject.Her instructor was furious.She marked all over her paper.....PROVE IT!!!

 

[for_his_glory]

It's easy to fall into a social stigma when one is young as who doesn't want to be accepted by their piers, but yet as even being a young Christian you have to learn to guard your self from the worlds views to know that of what is right and wrong.

 

[Kathi]

It's easy to fall into a social stigma when one is young as who doesn't want to be accepted by their piers, but yet as even being a young Christian you have to learn to guard your self from the worlds views to know that of what is right and wrong.

Yes,good decernment.That is important.