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Dancing With the Devil or Dumb

    I am truly on the horns of a dilemna.  My son is a senior and has been making the rounds of college campi as he is making his decision.  He has been visiting a number of Christian colleges and seeing what he likes.  Here is the dilemna.  He found a campus he likes, and a baseball coach he likes, with the program that he likes.  The problem is it is a school where fundamentalists are running around. 
   In the application process they want you to sign a statement concerning their doctrinal affirmations.  Their statement contains "Inerrancy of Scripture" (flat out falsehood), literal 6 day creation (flat out dumb), and silly specifics on baptism and the atonement.  Now I know that my son can have a good experience there, and he will not be a Bible major, but how much should he sign on for, without expressing reservations.  I want him to be happy, and pursue his interests, but I also want him to retain some integrity, while not jeopardizing himself. 
  At the same time I am quite angry that a "Christian" school spends time throwing around such divisive markers.  I am also quite disappointed that there are Chrisitians who still want to disengage their minds like this.  I am further disappointed that there are still places that do not allow Scripture to speak, but rather take up arms to defend presuppositions.  When will we ever learn? 
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