Baylor Baptist Students apply for Playboy Shoot.

I have a friend who graduated from Baylor who is a very conservative pastor. How did that happen?

Joseph Botwinick

 

Well, my husband is very conservative too. The school itself was liberal according to Ron. He got mad at one point and wouldn't support them because of some of the stances they took as a school. (I don't remember what they were. Like a good wife I was only half listening.)

 

The next generation of leaders at Baylor will play "Patty Cake" with their liberal students!!! This is why---if I lived in Texas--I would want my church to be a part of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention! [/QB][/QUOTE]

And that is why I am glad you don't live in Texas!

 

Sorry g2c...there are a whole lot of us that feel that way.... that’s why the SBTC is the fastest growing state convention in America. And they do so with a policy that prohibits talking negatively about the BGCT. The many church's that have come on board is because they look at entities like Baylor and the BGCT and they do not recognize these guys anymore. The SBTC is not filled with your stereotypical fundamentalist churches. On the most part they are very down the middle conservative Southern Baptists that simply want a place to serve alongside the National convention. Whether or not you want to admit it...Baylor is not and has not been a reputable "Baptist" university for a very long time. It is a very good school academically and certainly provides a excellent education in secular fields...but as far as the old line "Preachers School"...no way!

J

 

I have absolutely no idea where you are coming from here. And no, I am not saying that, nor have I said it.

Peace-
Scarlett O.
&lt;&gt;&lt; </font>[/QUOTE]Scarlett my whole point is you are alleging inequality by compairing apples to oranges. You said that they would dicipline the woman for possing but not men for reading. I am saying that the reason for this is because, they dont know who reads the magazine but they do know who posses for it.

In other words this is not an inequality between man and woman issue like you tried to make it. To demonstrate this I asked if a man possed for Playgirl would he be treated the same as the woman who possed for playboy. I think everybody agrees the answer is yes. No inequality

Not every issue is based on discrimination or inequality. To further demonstrate my point, I bet they dont do anything about women reading playgirl magazine.

Sorry, it just kind of bothers me when we have to try to make every issue about how men mistreat and discriminate against women.

 

Sad to say it but if the girls get into Playboy as Baylor coeds then Playboy will succeed in probably what they have already thought of as a marketing scheme which would be to bring down the body of Christ by saying something like :

Hey even baptist chics do Playboy.

BTW, If the university is a private supposedly,christian school then they have every right to conduct inspections of dorm rooms looking for unethical, immoral items etc... I see no problem with that.

Baylor is an embarrassment to baptist heritage just like another liberal, state convention run school. We have plenty of em in NC. Pathetic.

 

Ya they may have a right to do that. However it is not practical, nessessary and it is way over the top. Plus not every student lives on campus in dorms. Besides it was not my point.

My point is that this is not a descrimination or inequality issue.


On second thought, I would say they could leagly conduct inspections of dorm rooms. As in looking around the room. But looking in private nightstands, boxes, dressers, etc. would run into search issues. Nobody has the right to search your private property with out a warrent. This would be like renting an appartment and having your landlord looking thru your drawers. He/She can look around the appartment for damage but not in your nightstand.

 

I was under the impression from the above quote that you were saying there was inequality. That men would be treated differently.

Now that you have elaborated, I agree, there is always reason to teach against all forms of sin. Including the viewing of pornography no matter if you are a man or a woman. I am not that familure with the school but I would assume it is in their ethics code and a violation of the rules to read porn.

One more point before I call this one done. Viewing porn is not limited to guys. And possing for porn is not limited to women. So keeping that in mind how about they warn both the guys and girls about the pittfalls of pornography both viewing and possing.

 

They also have non-Christians teaching there.

 

What would you say about Houston Baptist University when it was printing the horoscope in its school newspaper?

 

gb,

Hadn't heard of that story. Have a link?

Joseph Botwinick

 

Baylor is an excellent University - they have a large population of very conservative Christian kids, as well as kids from all over the spectrum. you do not have to be a Christian to attend Baylor, but if you are academically gifted ,and have the $$ I am sure that they will take you.

My daughter is at Texas A&M - which interestingly enough sends more kids to SWBTS than any other institution. She has many friends that attend Baylor, all of them are great Christian kids. Several of them will wind up at SWBTS, some at Truett and some in different med schools or law schools - or just out in the workforce. they did not choose Baylor as a Bible college - they chose to attend a quality academic institution, that is also Baptist. The truth is, the cash provided by the BGCT is very small percentage of the actual cost to run that school.

 

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