College Plus

[Ruddigore]

I've always found it more radical to shelter people from even the suggestion that there are other theories on evolution, sexuality etc. I don't think that, for example, introduction to an alternate theory of evolution is truly a threat to anyone's faith or belief.

Indeed. It is like building up an immunity to a disease. You do not want to "overdose" on the vaccine, which would cause the disease, nor do you want to forgo the vaccine, which leaves the patient vulnerable.

I believe that the goal is to shelter students from the secular world as long as possible so that by the time they meet the radicals after graduation, their beliefs and opinions are sufficiently solidified such that they are less likely to be swayed by the Godless views of radical liberals.

Also, after graduation they are less likely to encounter a circumstance where they are forced to study under radical professors for months on end where that professor either gets the answer they want or you don't get the grade you want.

I agree entirely. Statistics show (can't remember the title of the book right now) that 50% of students move away from their faith following college (or something close to that). Professors can exert great pressure on a student, particularly in a secular college with many students around him to back up his opinion.