Faith based life on campus?

sseamom
Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:01:02 +0000

Well, Ema gave great advice, but I’ll add mine. I attended a very large state U and recall at least 4 different denominations having places of worship right alongside the campus. As a reporter for the school paper I covered events at all of them and they seemed well-attended.

I also wanted to share about a good friend of mine. She is from a very conservative religious denomination, in fact, her husband is a pastor. Her daughter started college last fall at a state university because of the financial aid it offered. They felt that she was strong enough in their faith to navigate the secular world, and she has. She’s been very successful, yet her summer job is at a religious camp rather than in a secular opportunity. She did not leave her church or change her beliefs despite being expposed to others.

If you feel that even seeing, talking to or being in class with people who do not believe as you do, perhaps a secular college is not for you. Given your lack of maturity in thinking, I’m not sure even college is for you, frankly. But take my advice with a grain of salt-I’m a deviant liberal, after all.