I lived one semester on campus at a bible college and it was a sad way to live. I might be stoopid but I think that when a "christian" school creates a set of rules that exceed the limits that are set by scripture it demnostrates to all observers that the standards set by scripture are inadequate. I am not saying school souldn't have rules but it's important to remember that the bible sould be, at least, the source of the principles being enforced. There also must be some consistancy to rules enforced.
They must be consistantly enforced and be consistant in principle.
My school enforced at times and not at others. Punished students with out witnesses, gossip was all that was required. And their rules bordered on the insane.
For example, dating students can hold hands, but can not hold two hands at a time. (Is it just me or is the principle flawed?)
Their reasoning for this is that they don't want to offend any believers in the school. That would make sense to me except this is a school that trains students to be tribal missionarys.
Tribal missions?.... Where no real moral system exsists, people walk around naked, rape is common and in some cases excepted, stealing is OK, lying OK, murder not illegal. But the students are trained to react to others holding two hands, or others wearing an ear ring. They can't even leave their campus with out seeing these things going on, but they are taught these things are wrong and even sin.
New Tribes is the school you have been warned. I'm not telling not to go, but you have been warned. (You won't hear this from a school recruit)
This flawed logic has even slipped in to their doctrine giving them a "catholic church type of approach" to scripture.
I am Stoopid and you are not
I am Stoopid
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