Patrick Henry College
An interesting article I ran into on the New Yorker a couple of weeks ago about the ultra-conservative Patrick Henry College.
One of the more interesting facts:
"Three times a year, the White House chooses a hundred students for a three-month internship. Patrick Henry, with only three hundred students, has taken between one and five of the spots in each of the past five years—roughly the same as Georgetown."
This little unknown school has the almost the same amount of interns over the past five years as Georgetown!?
A few excerpts from PHC's official Applications of the Statement of Biblical Worldview.
On Scientific Theory and Evolution:
"Any biology, Bible or other courses at PHC dealing with creation will teach creation from the understanding of Scripture that God's creative work, as described in Genesis 1:1-31, was completed in six twenty-four hour days. All faculty for such courses will be chosen on the basis of their personal adherence to this view." While in the next sentence paying lip service to exposing "students to alternate theories and the data" as long as in the end "teach creation as both biblically true and as the best fit to observed data."
On Sexual Conduct in relation to the Government:
"any government which creates legal structures to encourage or condone inappropriate sexual activity or lust, heterosexual or homosexual, or which creates special legal rights and protections based on sexual conduct, is acting immorally and without authority."
I want to know why anyone would want to live in such a homogenous environment. College should be a time for exploring new people and challenging one's personal beliefs, not just reinforcing previously held positions and stances.
Reading the article makes me wonder how these graduates of this highly cloistered environment can adjust to life in Washington where the behavior is not so kosher?
One of the more interesting facts:
"Three times a year, the White House chooses a hundred students for a three-month internship. Patrick Henry, with only three hundred students, has taken between one and five of the spots in each of the past five years—roughly the same as Georgetown."
This little unknown school has the almost the same amount of interns over the past five years as Georgetown!?
A few excerpts from PHC's official Applications of the Statement of Biblical Worldview.
On Scientific Theory and Evolution:
"Any biology, Bible or other courses at PHC dealing with creation will teach creation from the understanding of Scripture that God's creative work, as described in Genesis 1:1-31, was completed in six twenty-four hour days. All faculty for such courses will be chosen on the basis of their personal adherence to this view." While in the next sentence paying lip service to exposing "students to alternate theories and the data" as long as in the end "teach creation as both biblically true and as the best fit to observed data."
On Sexual Conduct in relation to the Government:
"any government which creates legal structures to encourage or condone inappropriate sexual activity or lust, heterosexual or homosexual, or which creates special legal rights and protections based on sexual conduct, is acting immorally and without authority."
I want to know why anyone would want to live in such a homogenous environment. College should be a time for exploring new people and challenging one's personal beliefs, not just reinforcing previously held positions and stances.
Reading the article makes me wonder how these graduates of this highly cloistered environment can adjust to life in Washington where the behavior is not so kosher?
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