<p>I realize they're Christians (I was raised one), I just personally think of Protestants when somebody says "Christian."</p>
<p>"I realize they're Christians (I was raised one), I just personally think of Protestants when somebody says "Christian.""</p>
<p>Fair enough. Most "Christian" stores are actually Protestant, and anti-Catholic. o.o It's very odd. I agree with that statement.</p>
<p>Really ignorant? Read the post
[qoute]"Or at the very least the vast majority with a religious affliation are Christian."[/qoute]</p>
<p>Get over yourself. The vast majority of religious colleges in America are Christian if you have a problem with that then it seems like a personal problem to me.</p>
<p>Wow southeasttitan:</p>
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"Though tsdad does have a point--maybe it would be nice to isolate them all here...Haha, okay, I changed my mind."
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<p>Isolate them? Wow. Maybe it is acceptable in your world to isolate groups and exclude them but here in America, we have something called diversity. Meaning all religions are acceptable, if you have a problem with a religion it is nothing more than hate. Which is certainly not funny in the least bit.</p>
<p>What's the problem? Presumably there are students who explicitly want a Christian college, and want a forum to discuss the options. I'm Jewish and I'm not interested in a Christian college for me or my kids. So what? How is that possibly offensive to me that there is a place for them?</p>
<p>"Since when are Catholics and Mormons not Christians?"</p>
<p>This is the problem: when somebody posts that he is interested in attending a "Christian college," in almost every case--really, I think every case--what he means is a Protestant, Evangelical school like Wheaton (at one end of the spectrum) or Bob Jones University (at the other end of the spectrum, IMO). But before he can get help, there always has to be a back and forth about what he means, including posts like the one quoted above.</p>
<p>Exactly. People who say "I'm looking for a Christian college" AREN"T looking for Georgetown, or Notre Dame, or Boston College, or colleges that have Catholic roots. So why even have the discussion? To me, it's just a "specialty" college the way others are interested in other specialties, like the musical theater forum.</p>
<p>Look, who really cares what the forum is called. If you are going to one of these schools you are wasting your time and education, plain and simple. So who really cares?</p>
<p>"Isolate them? Wow. Maybe it is acceptable in your world to isolate groups and exclude them but here in America, we have something called diversity. Meaning all religions are acceptable, if you have a problem with a religion it is nothing more than hate. Which is certainly not funny in the least bit."</p>
<p>I don't think it's acceptable, but I sure would not like to have to deal with self-righteous evangelicals all the time. I'm sure you would rather not have rude, obnoxious people in your class, but you can't kick 'em all out because they're rude. You can, however, wish that they weren't there. :)</p>
<p>Oh, and I am not saying all Evangelicals are self-righteous. I go with a friend to an Evangelical Mexican church monthly to volunteer and everybody there is lovely and welcoming and kind.</p>
<p>But a lot of them sure are.</p>
<p>I actually find it soothing that evangelicals tend to isolate themselves in these garbage, false curriculum schools. Anything to keep them away from my part of the world. What's that part called again? Oh yeah, the real world.</p>
<p>Jasoninpines, I think you are trying to knock off religious colleges and saying they are useless. Here's a fact and it might freak you out a bit: "grads who come from Christian colleges get jobs/ go on to grad school" oooh dang!! If you're coming here to convince everyone a higher education is a waste because of a Christian College, then you're not being helpful and just adding to the arrogance to guests who come here to get answers from College Confidential</p>
<p>They should make this a "religious schools" forum. I bet whoever made this forum is a christian.</p>
<p>I didn't expect a debate when I first clicked here now because of boredom.</p>
<p>Oh, it's not like other religious members cannot create their own threads about colleges regarding other religions here...they're free to.</p>
<p>I'm rather with Hunt and Baelor that it may be unnecessary to create a subforum for every single religious affiliated school or rename it; I'm not against it...but from reading their posts, it seems like the request for Christian Colleges are far more common (I don't frequent the college selection board so...).</p>
<p>Meh. I don't see what's the big deal.</p>
<p>This is a great idea to have a Christian College forum. I’m not sure I get all the reasons some people are offended or otherwise disturbed by this forum. There are some students who desire to attend a sectarian school, whether that is Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, or Christian. For the same reason there are Christian radio stations, Christian bookstores, and of course Christian churches, there are also Christian colleges. And I suspect the people who maintain this website have received many requests for a Christian college forum as there are many hundreds of such colleges. There is a Christian Council for Colleges and Universities with nearly 200 member schools who all describe themselves as Christian. Having attended one of these schools, I doubt very much you’d want to attend one unless your beliefs and values line-up with their stated missions. I would not have been happy at a Jewish college or a Catholic college, but I was happy at a Christian college. Is that such a bad thing?</p>
<p>Help a Jewish guy out here. So how come Catholics who have a religion centered on Jesus aren't consider by some of you to be Christians? I went to public school in the 1950s so I was pretty much force-fed Christianity, and I though if you believed in Christ you were a Christian. Apparently you Protestants(?) don't believe so. So give me some help here.</p>
<p>Hey Jewish guy, yes some Protestants don't think Catholics are Christians, just as some Catholics think they are the only "real deal." In fact the Catholic creed says they are the "one and only universal church." I grew up Catholic. And some fanatical Muslims think they're the real thing and Orthodox Jews pity the ones who don't visit their synagogue but twice a year. Different strokes for different folks. But in terms of this forum I think possibly the word "Christian" really means Protestant and probably evangelical Christian. Go to Barnes & Noble tomorrow and visit the Religion section. There will be Catholic section and a Christian section. Also a Jewish section and a Muslim section. The word "Christian" in our society has come to mean certain things and it should not always mean we all think the rest of you are going to hell. It's just a word that seems to best say what we all know it means.</p>
<p>Anyone who chooses to participate in this forum is free to do so, and we each get to define ourselves as Christian or not as we please - "TheEagle's" opinion does not affect me - or any other CC-er - in the least. Nor do I believe there is any individual post-er who can speak for all of us on CC, much less all of society (regardless of the filing system used at Barnes & Noble). Post-ers who choose to list Catholic Colleges on their personal Christian Colleges lists should feel welcome to discuss them here.</p>
<p>Although I too feel that the title "Religious-Affiliated Colleges" forum would have been preferable and less divisive, the forum as it is remains open to all, and potential post-ers should not feel as though anyone can limit it to only those who agree with their particular point of view.</p>
<p>I know it's not the same, but this reminds me of the "can I call myself African American" debate. Sometimes someone of European descent will have been born and raised in Africa, move to the US, and is technically "African American''. This is different because I think this forum is perceived as exclusive, and because the use of the word "Christian" does not have as limited a meaning as African American. Still, when someone asks about a an "African American" or a"Christian" school, I know what they mean.</p>
<p>And yet, when I hear those same words, I may think of something entirely different than you do. So, according the rules of CC, anyone who wants to post should feel free to do so.</p>
<p>I agree. I just wish someone had explained it to me BEFORE I enrolled my kids at a "Christian" school. I was free to enroll them, but I had NO idea....Took me awhile to figure it out...now I know, and hope others take heed.</p>