Undercover At An Evangelical University

[A2JGirl]

Taking a semester off to travel and focus on writing isn't that unusual for a student at Brown University. But instead of studying comparative literature in Europe, Kevin Roose decided to go to Lynchburg, Va., and enroll at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University.

Roose passed himself off as an evangelical Christian to blend in with students at the school founded by the late Moral Majority leader. The experience led to a book, The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University.

Read the rest of the article here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... c=fb&cc=fp

[RamboPreacher]

and what did you think of it, A2J?
It was interesting. it is interesting that someone can "pass themselves off" as an evangelical Christian. (Faking being Christian?) not sure how to understand it. especially the end comments of the "real" students saying things about wishing they had spent "more time" trying to convert him. did they know he wasn't a Christian, and had tried?

and I too was taken a back about the question about if the Ark had room for various species of dinosaur? The Bible doesn't talk about species at all, it mentions "kinds", and a "kind" (Hebraically speaking), is a much broader "definition" the modern word species. Further the modern word dinosaur isn't mentioned in the Bible in reference to Noah's Ark. was there a class that mentioned that kind of thought/idea that it was being tested, or was that supposed to be "common knowledge" for "Christians"?


interesting article, though.

[soulsearcher]

Read the entire article and was quite impressed with the both the writer and the students. It seems a positive change occured.

[A2JGirl]

I was impressed too, soulsearcher! This young man could have went in there intending to totally trash the university and Christianity in general. I was also surprised that NPR was reporting this positively!

especially the end comments of the "real" students saying things about wishing they had spent "more time" trying to convert him. did they know he wasn't a Christian, and had tried?

They didn't know, but felt like their time with him would have been or should have been enough to convert him.

it is interesting that someone can "pass themselves off" as an evangelical Christian. (Faking being Christian?)

It IS interesting! I think it just goes to show, that we need to be very careful about judging someone's walk with Jesus. While this young man walked the walk enough to fool his fellow students, he's not a Christian at all. HOWEVER, as the end of the article shows, he's not a Christian but has been changed by the things he's learned. We never know how close, or how far, someone might be from a relationship with Jesus. I'm glad this young man didn't leave with a bad taste in his mouth. I want to read his book!