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Originally Posted by votivesoul
My wife received an Associate's Degree in Theology and Christian Service from Apostolic Bible Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota just before we wed.
In one of her classes, taught by the president of the school, who is also the pastor of the connected church, she was taught that the Great Tribulation is actually fourteen years long, not seven as so many have claimed.
She was required to write an essay on the subject, and so she did, attempting to refute the claim. Her essay was rejected and she was told she had to write a new essay upholding the view taught by ABI, in order to prove that she at least grasped the concept, even if she didn't agree.
If she had refused, she would have received no credit, or a "0" for the assignment, and thus, would have failed the class and not received her Associate's Degree.
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I graduated from a state university in 2009. I was required to take a 400 level general education capstone course called "World of Ideas".
There were about 20 different World of Ideas courses available. I had to choose one. The one I picked ended up being one in which the Bible was discussed at length.
The professor and I went round and round. It was a good time, overall, even as it was a frustration. The class discussion generated a lot of opportunity to talk about the Lord in front of my classmates.
Notwithstanding, I personally don't advocate anyone attend secular university as a believer unless they are fully committed to one of two mutually exclusive approaches:
1.) Go in full gospel guns blazing, and attend in order to evangelize
or
2.) Tuck you head, hide your faith, and get your degree with as little commotion as possible.
Secular university is no place for straddling the fence.