Unfortunately, their followers are so gullible that they buy the counterfeit thinking it is genuine. Games today The students were basically confined to their rooms for an entire month, doing classes by Zoom and eating takeout from the dining hall. Maybe Cedarville made him such a lucrative offer he couldn’t refuse it? Apparently, administration officials at Cedarville are labeling anyone who has spoken of the poor counseling obtained through the Cedarville University Counseling Center as liars. It’s the size of the Kingdom working against the observer again. (the benefit of a yes-man board of trustees and a disgusting display of power within the Christian Industrial Complex). But then, misogyny comes in many flavors. but a tv commercial…, a black mirror episode waiting to happen (although they’d have to repeat the snowglobe theme). This happened because a temporary issue at the church brought a tidal wave of old unresolved church-abuse memories into my mind. How seriously did Dr. Mach and HR Director John Davis really treat this behind closed doors? With Sam Waterston, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Julian Glover, Paul Herzberg. Back in those days, Patterson’s endorsement went a long way in SBC – it bought White the President’s job at CU. Pretty much the same with me. Did they not do anything to ensure Kat was doing ok after her complaint? The following comment is not aimed at any individual; it is a comment about the meaning and worth of TWW. Given the multiple reports of prolonged waits for counseling, it would appear that the CU counseling department is seriously understaffed. See, once you hold hands, you can not control yourself which then leads to an abortion! From my experience with LU, these jobs are also usually poorly paid and may not offer much security. I am not so stupid to think it would solve all our problems, but it would lesson them. If you have the time, please listen to her story. She was brave to report what no one else had but many other women have experienced from this individual. Allow for local differences in disorganisation. Just as it says…Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God…So the volume of the book speaks of the Seed of the Serpent, who will bruise the heel of the Seed of the Woman. It’s there because of a reason. Around midway through the semester I voluntarily went to the hospital due to my mental health. I have found your posts, and these discussions here, helpful and informative in my awareness and understanding of abuse. And still stay Pious and Respectable? Six years later I still struggle with feeling this way and I hadn’t before my experience at Cedarville. “Dr. why would a university have any reason whatsoever to hire someone for the purpose of ‘restoring’ them? Some at Cedarville have long heard about a different incident involving Marc Sweeney, similar to but not the same as this. justicecollective: Dr. Thomas White helped Paige Patterson cover up Megan Lively’s rape in 2003 at SEBTS. If you recall the broad narrative I spoke of, it’s one of alterations and decay, a process over the entire history of mankind. The email stated. If you don’t like my post feel free to ignore it. EChurch@Wartburg: 09/05/2020: Wade Burleson:When I Feel Anxious and Afraid, http://thewartburgwatch.com/tww2/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020-09-03-Thomas-White-promises-to-care-well-for-victims-compressed.mp4, https://www.cedarville.edu/offices/student-life-and-christian-ministry-division/leadership-team/may-mindy, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeL2LSl91k2VccR7XEh5IKg, https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/, https://getpocket.com/explore/item/pleasure-is-good-how-french-children-acquire-a-taste-for-life?utm_source=pocket-newtab. She was a tenured (the first female tenured full professor of neurosurgery in the US) and she had deep ties across the university (her father was a professor of geochemistry and she grew up at the university). Was it all done in secrecy and without accountability and follow-up? Please do not blame anyone else. The fraternity guys were the most common that did that. I find these kinds of statistics so unhelpful. I do think that colleges are in a good position to find some solutions that work—as long as their decisions are not contorted by finances, ideological pressure, etc. Specificly, or in general. Students today have a lot of pressures that were IMHO not prevalent 30 years or more ago. (i mean, it’s hard to think of any information on any topic which, once we know it, doesn’t inform the living our lives even in some small way.). Supposedly, saliva tests will be produced soon. Jeffrey Chalmers: People thought I might be imbelishing these stores; however, a number of years ago a Facebook page was started for those us that attended the school, and other people posted their memories of these ” sermons”. I have chronic major depression, and I’ve been on medication for it for over two decades. Story from September 3: Since in-person classes began late last month, Liberty has declined to release daily COVID-19 figures but has agreed to provide weekly updates to the media. The Cedarville solution is to immerse students, having Bible content in every class and constant religious activities. Back to CU and White, we need to ask ourselves “How did Thomas White end up as CU President in the first place?” Well, the good ole boys put him there, you know … Paige Patterson and his buds. Friend: The outward appearance is highly calculated, eh? I got advice to help me through one of the scariest days of my life. Kat was brave in coming forward, however, so whether Sweeney will repeat his immoral actions again remains to be seen. We should be patient. The public university where I live is doing the same thing, even amidst lawsuits. Especially when you factor in American drinking age, where up until 21 it’s Strictly Forbidden and the instant you turn 21 there’s NO restriction whatsoever. It repudiates mainstream psychology and psychiatry as humanistic, fundamentally opposed to Christianity, and radically secular. https://julieroys.com/cedarville-presidents-apology-image-repair/, “Dr. As I responded, he reached across my stomach and placed his hand above my hip. One change in 2020 is the availability of telehealth appointments. Drstevej has made some thoughtful comments in the past. It is clear to me that there has been a toxic culture at Cedarville University since the arrival of Thomas White. Are we supposed to stop thinking, and just believe and obey? That statement is ridiculous on its face. Chuck, I’m so sorry to hear what happened to your daughters. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.” She told me that she had no idea how often that occurred and seemed upset that I had had to manage such unwanted attention. !” either….they just don’t use God and / or the Bible and / or Christianity. I was incredibly disheartened by John MacArthur telling everyone last weekend there is NO pandemic. These studies never distinguish between the “Nones” and the “Dones.” Not all Nones are Dones. ALL At Once. The other was sexually assaulted a couple years later and the culprit never identified. And of note–I don’t remember SEBTS having any sort of student life culture at all at the time, so I am questioning White’s role in that position. Blame the woman, just as Adam did. But some people said that whenever they went home, their parents reverted them into small children. We can play this game all afternoon. 3) perhaps anthony moore presented an opportunity for both 1) and 2). “I went to Cedarville fall semester 2013, my first semester was Dr. White’s first semester. Max: These studies never distinguish between the “Nones” and the “Dones.” Not all Nones are Dones. +++++++++++++++. Did The Leadership Network put out a “Gospel-Totalitarianism: What is it, What can it do for you?” study guide with glossy workbook and dvd, circulating in the shadows? Somehow one of my debate captains convinced her to talk to me again when we got back to campus from the tournament. Julie Roys has published a very enlightening post by Dr. Julia Dahl in which Dr. Dahl analyzes Dr. Thomas White’s apology. Even a biblical counselor with little training still might make more at a church or in their own practice than at a Christian university. GAWD SAITH!”. The Hopi have a word (which I’m not going to even try to pronounce or spell here) that means “Life Out of Balance”. It only addresses high tuition, quitting church, and academic preparation for the work force. I am wondering if all of the recent stuff about cedarville is going to start hurting their numbers of incoming freshmen….thus dropping enrollment….thus hurting their finances…thus mandating change??? Pick RA’s who exude the love of Christ, open door policy, here’s a novel one, a president who is always available to chat. Yes, the elephant has a leg, just like the Kingdom has sexual harrassment. 1. For some time, we went back and forth, often disagreeing about appropriate conversations in the workplace or local entertainment venues. Friend: An elephant really needs its legs. I heard about it first through the protestations of fundagelicals, and then through people making fun of their reactions. Tyoo…”administrating” should be “administration”. combine this with the Moonies, Hare Krishna, hippies, communist, greens, druggies, yuppies, religious right groups, etc, etc, one gets quite a “education” of the human condition.. Let me rent you two clues: 1) it does and 2) medication can definitely improve a person’s quality of life. In the UK the heavy-handed religious types are all out to crush us singles by isolation and we don’t have masks or a mask issue (other than nurses). In contrast, one of my sons had to take a test, at a specific time when he arrived. However, I will not use beer in the batter … I still have a remnant of Southern Baptist in me that won’t allow me to touch the stuff 🙂 Instead, I have a batter that has a spicy kick to it. We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity… Within two generations, evangelicalism will be a house deserted of half its occupants. (And yes, 6 inches, indeed!) Or, if they are what Heaven is all about, maybe Hell is a better option. Sarah: Can your “trusted friend” provide that email? Specifically, the granting or denial of admission into Sonship status in the Kingdom of Heaven. Most of my close friends were not like this and we definitely didn’t fit the super “on fire” student nor the ones that hated being there because their parents made them go. … a “Patterson”-worthy job of acting … there’s many more Patterson-boys in lead roles throughout SBC. and i reserve the right to call it what I want. go down to post about Ravi going home to die, about the first 10 post and you will see a remark by JoJo. The administration decided that 2 days before finals started would be the perfect time for our captains to tell us that our coach was on leave and if we spoke with him or told anyone what was going on he would stop getting paid. ———, i have a feeling something much bigger is behind it all (having taken place around a conference table in a clandestine board room somewhere). Jeffrey Chalmers: There’s an apology for something, and a promise to do better, and then he takes a knee and shuts his eyes. I’ve been my happiest and healthiest self since leaving Christianity. — Italian priest whose American seminarians balked at wine with breakfast, invoking the Dry Pledge, Headless Unicorn Guy, elastigirl: i’d need to be under the influence of something, i’m sure. Is this even a good way to live in God’s world? ishy: I know it’s an old tradition here, but I’ve never been comfortable with it, either, particularly on some of these more serious discussions. As well as interesting perspectives from different Christianities than the one I was raised in, some very different Christianities. They were my family there and despite being given a hard time by the administration and labeled the campus “rebels,” I think my teammates modeled Christ’s love and compassion better than anyone else I met while there.”, “One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. oh my word…. The cronies network has secured a lot of positions for folks in SBC who shouldn’t be serving in those capacities. I signed it under coercion. It’s hard to believe that parents don’t anticipate that, when the college search is all about “best fit.”, “Cedarville University Counseling Center has never done anything wrong and that none of the students’ stories are true.”. And as I said in my previous three comments (actually one broken up into three), the transition happens at midnight on your 18th birthday. Yet, I have not covered up disgusting sexual, or other disgusting abuse like each of them have… and I believe that Christ came to bring light and freedom, not darkness, control, shuning, to people seeking truth. yes…. Good for her dad! To it’s credit that school had a vibrant counseling office, they even contacted me to see if I needed help after witnessing the event. The leaven is a decaying organism. I LOVE TinyKittens! What also needs to be said here is that Kat obviously spoke out as Sweeney’s sexual harassment was building. Minnesota 52, Ohio St. 50. “We want to be sure that those numbers and our reporting system is well tested or well vetted,” he said, explaining the delay. Anyone want to weigh in here? Evidence aside, the claim is a logical fallacy. I trust in God’s mercy that He would not send our children to Hell because I had a crisis driven by abuse long ago in a church far away. Thinking of myself and others in my peer group who were raised evangelical… Of those who went to secular schools, some stayed in the church and are still in the church. Making up a fancy Greek term for reading the Bible to cure mental problems is just wrong when we have a century of research into treating mental illness, and even medical drug treatments for many well defined mental problems. justicecollective: Both are working for a professed “Christ-centered” employer. 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