Reply #41: my poor nephews were shipped off to Hyles-Anderson [View All]

[Batgirl]

"The World's Greatest Bible College" located in Indiana.
They both quit during their first year, since neither of them want to be preachers, missionaries, or teachers in unaccredited Christian schools, which is the only kind of training that occurs at this "college".

God himself told one of the founders of H-A to form "an old-fashioned, sin-hating, Devil-fighting, Christ-honoring Bible college where the students would dress modestly and act courteously; a college where all the students went soul winning and were trained by soul winners; a college where the chapel pulpit was ablaze with red-hot preaching; a college where authority was respected and sin was abhorred; a college where young men would be trained to preach with zeal and knowledge; A COLLEGE WHERE YOUNG LADIES WERE TAUGHT TO BE SUBMISSIVE WIVES and dedicated servants of God." (emphasis mine)

Academics:
"Preacher boys are taught how to start churches; how to build buildings; how to borrow money from lending institutions; how to raise money and adopt a budget; and how to organize, operate, and perpetuate a New Testament church."

Student Life:
"Skirts above the knees are not allowed.Young ladies may not wear shorts or slacks. Young ladies are not allowed to go off campus unchaperoned. Young men and young ladies may not date alone in cars. Absolutely no hand holding or other intimacies are allowed between the sexes. There are date nights with bus transportation and adequate chaperones provided by the college."

"Absolutely no drinking, smoking, or dancing is allowed. No student is allowed to attend Hollywood movies, play cards, or participate in other questionable amusements. WE DO NOT FELLOWSHIP WITH LIBERALS, but instead take a strict separatist stand from the world and apostasy."

"We are fundamentalists and use the term proudly. We believe in a literal Hell which has fire and brimstone and a literal Heaven with streets of gold. We stand for the King James Bible as the only Bible and the local New Testament church as the only true church. We believe in redemption through the blood of Christ, salvation by grace through faith alone and the premillennial second coming of Jesus Christ."

These are the very same people who are increasingly confident that they, through the Bush-boy, are now grasping the reins of power. (While screaming about how persecuted and put-upon they are.)

But, what about that other big Republican taproot, the corporate interests who are counting on us to consume the very products and services that the fundies abhor as evil. What will they do when all forms of entertainment they produce have to pass the Jesus test? Will the stores be full of long skirts and other modest apparel from the Lawrence Welk Singers collection? Are marketers out there even now trying to figure out how to get those fundies to tithe less to their churches and more to their local malls?