Reddit mentions of Why I Am A Liberal and Other Conservative Ideas

Yep.

Tell me if this sounds like a place that encourages critical thinking, gives students multiple perspectives, encourages asking questions, etc.

The School has "Four Pillars" that explain their values:

1.The primacy of Jesus Christ as the incarnate Son of God, the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, who is the lens for all learning and the Lord of our daily lives.

2.The priority of Scripture as the inerrant and authoritative written Word of God that guides us in all matters of faith, learning, and living.

3.The practice of Wisdom as an objective, attainable reality grounded in the person and example of Jesus Christ and anchored in the Bible.

4.The pursuit of Truth as the goal for all members of the university community, who work to promote healing and wholeness in a broken culture and hurting world.

So tell me, how much questioning, how much pursuit of truth is there when they first declare that Jesus is god, the bible is perfect, and only through Jesus can you be wise? Oh and they have things like purity oaths where you swear you won't (under penalty of fines and expulsion) drink, have sex, do gay things, etc., even off campus, even after you're 21.

Oh and they maintain a policy that they will fire anyone who is homosexual. Which should be illegal, but isn't in Oklahoma.

The University president has written a couple of books that sound like they were written by Glenn Beck's dumber little brother, he thinks global warming is a liberal hoax, and argues that all liberal ideas inevitably lead to Stalin or Hitler.

The school's notablue alumni include the guy that wrote "Heaven is For Real" when his son supposedly had a near death experience (and saw things like Jesus having crucifixion wounds in his palms, which is historically inaccurate).

Schools like these, and there's tons of them, exist because parents want to send their kids to a glorified bible camp that can grant them a degree at the end of it, thus skirting around the evils of real education that might cause them to question their beliefs, and ensure they are surrounded by other students that have taken purity oaths so they won't be having sex or trying alcohol.

It's adult day care.

Oklahoma Wesleyan offers a degree in Science Education (as one of their few majors) specifically because they want to pump out shitty science teachers who will be conscientious objectors when it comes to teaching evolution in schools. They have only one professor of biology, and his personal page on the school website tells you just what kind of a biology education you'll get from him:

>Mission & Passion

>I am a bond-servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, and feel that it is a privilege and a great responsibility to help students learn more about the world of biology and assist students become one with God as Christ is one with God. My passion is to not only help students master the courses I am privileged to teach, but also help each student understand how the Scriptures integrate into every aspect of Biology. It is a privilege to assist students to accomplish the great tasks that God has planned for them.

>I have been studying the Life of the Jesus Christ in detail for over 15 years. I am in the process of memorizing the Book of Matthew. I first memorized the great Sermon on the Mount, Matthew chapters 5, 6, and 7, and it has greatly affected my life, for the glory of God.

Try to tell me with a straight face that this is a place that isn't trying to brainwash kids instead of educate them.