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To: Unam Sanctam

Be disgusted all you want, thrash the straw men to bits, the point is that R.A.s are there to become a trusted advisor to students in issues dealing with sex and alcohol and depression. Many believing Christians can do that job excellently, even recognizing that their students will not be Christians in the same way they are, and helping them with birth control and safe sex.

A Christian who decides he needs to be leading some students in Bible Studies risks driving away students who need an R.A. for the reasons listed above. Being an R.A. is a job that involves being part of the world and accepting it for its flaws, not one that involves turning your back on sinners and nonbelievers until they accept it on your terms. You seem to want to do away with R.A.s unless they fit your ideal. I trust the colleges to know best what students need.


109 posted on 11/02/2005 12:49:12 PM PST by HostileTerritory
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To: HostileTerritory
Being an R.A. is a job that involves being part of the world and accepting it for its flaws, not one that involves turning your back on sinners and nonbelievers until they accept it on your terms.

Why is running a non-mandatory Bible studies group mean that one is not "being par of the world and accepting it for its flaws" or "turnign one's back on sinners and nonbelievers until they accept it on one's terms". That is completely illogical and a non-sequitur. Basically, you want to deny a Christian's freedom to practice his religion as he sees fit. I don't see why a Bible study group would disqualify an R.A., and I see no need to pander to student biases against Christian students. I am sure that if a Moslem R.A. were to hold Koranic prayer sessions, the school would not dare disqualify him.

You seem to want to do away with R.A.s unless they fit your ideal.

If you can cite where I said anything of kind, please do so.

I trust the colleges to know best what students need.

I have zero trust that colleges will fairly respect Christian believers and their rights. Just go the thefire.org website for numerous examples.

144 posted on 11/02/2005 2:17:30 PM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: HostileTerritory
I trust the colleges to know best what students need.

You're joking, right?

148 posted on 11/02/2005 2:55:34 PM PST by madprof98
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