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Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University by CaptSpify on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @10:39AM (#10656109)
I went to a similar school (not affiliated with OKWU), and had a very similar experience. I tried asking certain questions which were...not encouraged. Additionally, we had: Bible-majors for men, and Christian-Education Studies for women. I saw many women who were failed essentially because they were a woman and "women shouldn't be pastors, they should be Sunday-School teachers".

The education was much more about "life-style management and shaping", than actual objective education. Basically, they told us that we can't "drink, smoke, etc", but then complained when we went and told them we were having any type of personal problems.

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Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University by jazzyk on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @11:21AM (#10656526)
If I understand correctly, they clearly state their religious affiliation. They are free to "teach" whatever they want.

And you are free to get your education somewhere else.

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Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University by CaptSpify on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @12:26PM (#10657156)
Oh, I totally agree, and I did! But there is a pretty large level of hypocrisy in stating that they don't want to allow "safe-spaces", while creating their own "safe-spaces" under a different name.
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Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University by licoricetic on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @12:31PM (#10657207)
Being an asshole to students, or even sinners, is not Christian as in Christ. The university is operating under false pretenses.
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Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University by crusso on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @01:00PM (#10657408)
I guess I see what you're trying to do - and I'm not a Christian; but the Christ depicted in the New Testament wasn't shy about calling out inappropriate behavior. He didn't politely ask the money changers to leave the temple, he flipped their tables over.
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Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University by licoricetic on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @06:23PM (#10659684)
He fought the sin by removing them from the temple whemnthey were committing bad acts, he didn't flip when they were expressing their feelings.
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Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University by crusso on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @11:10PM (#10660886)
I question your premise that the author of the article flipped. By your same logic, the pastor was simply expressing his feelings and is thus beyond reproach.
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Re:This Is Not a Day Care. It’s a University by darkr on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @11:30AM (#10656623)
> I saw many women who were failed essentially because they were a woman and "women shouldn't be pastors, they should be Sunday-School teachers".

By rights, they shouldn't even be entrusted with that responsibility really. I mean, Eve was pretty much answerable for the downfall of mankind.

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