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LynneSin

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24. Most Fundy Christian Colleges have similar rules

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 12:15 PM

Apr 2012

I actually did a campus visit to Messiah College in Mechanicsburg PA. My mother thought it would be a good school for me (because it was local) and I knew 2 girls who I had gone to camp with that were attending Messiah.

I heard the rules I knew right away this was not a place for me. And the thing is this - you have to follow those rules even if you are off-campus. Plus the fact you have to take a religion class every semester? I don't mind taking a religious class but not one every semester.

I ended up at Lebanon Valley College. It's owned by the Methodists but hardly a religious school. They did have the religion class requirement but it was part of the liberal arts program and you could take philosophy classes instead if you preferred (2 semesters for graduation)

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The rules at Falwell's "Liberty" Unversity [View all] pstokely Apr 2012 OP

Hand holding only? longship Apr 2012 #1

Distance learning students have to follow these rules also pstokely Apr 2012 #2

It seems to be a principle among Teabaggers nxylas Apr 2012 #3

They get their spies the old-fashioned way... JHB Apr 2012 #8

Expensive babysitters for the parents who Ilsa Apr 2012 #4

Exactly, Falwell Jr admits it pstokely Apr 2012 #5

A childhood friend went to school there and is still there even though she's graduated. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #6

Still there for that what, the somehow accredited law school? pstokely Apr 2012 #7

I'm not sure. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #9

Teach at a fundy private school probably pstokely Apr 2012 #12

She's there because she doesn't have to deal with Ilsa Apr 2012 #16

Exactly. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #21

So I take it this ISN'T one of those "PARTY!!" schools. HughBeaumont Apr 2012 #10

...to be on campus after curfew...must obtain permission at the main entrance (checkpoint area)... LAGC Apr 2012 #11

This one is the best... a la izquierda Apr 2012 #13

Hey, some of those kids are real REBELS! snooper2 Apr 2012 #14

Where do these kids go for Spring Break? pstokely Apr 2012 #15

Hell's bells, I spent the longest year of my life hifiguy Apr 2012 #17

So? KinMd Apr 2012 #18

Some may not have a choice pstokely Apr 2012 #19

No R-rated movies? Fuck that. I'd be out there. Initech Apr 2012 #20

But video games depicting graphic violence are OK... so long as the violence is "military". Erose999 Apr 2012 #22

They did allow them to see Passion of the Christ (nt) pstokely Apr 2012 #23

Yeah I'd expect that - but they're not allowed to watch like "Super Troopers" Initech Apr 2012 #25

Most Fundy Christian Colleges have similar rules LynneSin Apr 2012 #24

But most of them are small and obscure (nt) pstokely Apr 2012 #26