Clash of Worldviews: Winning the Battle, Losing the War

Onenewsnow.com is reporting a story about Jennifer Keeton, a 24 year old counseling major at Augusta State University. Ms. Keeton has filed a suit against Augusta State because she claims the school is forcing her to abandon her beliefs in order to graduate. The story reads,

"After her professors learned of her biblical beliefs -- specifically her views on homosexual conduct -- from both classroom discussions and private conversations with other students, the school imposed a "remediation plan."

The article goes on to say that the remediation plans include attending a gay pride parade and writing her reflections on the event.

This article is interesting for a variety of reasons.  For one, it displays the antithesis we face in a secularist school (and, of course, in our wider secular society). This is a perfect example of the clash of worldviews that is so prevelant in our day. The educational elites are telling us that you are not going to go anyhwere in life if you don't abandon Christianity. If you don't accept the forincators and the homosexuals and bow to the materialist worldview, then you cannot possibly be ready to counsel someone--so they say.

The real message is this:  if you are a Christan, you are the one who needs counseling! Your mind needs to be purged of these ideas. And the way they'll do that is by forcing you to undergo "remediation."  (reminicent of the thought police in 1984)  They are going to indoctrinate you and make you submit to their humanistic, materialistic ways one way or another.

The other issue of interest is regards this girl's attendance at this school.  The question we have to ask is, "What was she doing there in the first place?"  If we send our kids out into the lion's pit of secularism, shouldn't we realize that they are going to be devoured?  At the very least, they will be severely maimed.

We have to wonder about the whole of this girl's education. After all, if they oppose her on this issue, it is most likely that they were teaching her a secular view of counseling all along the way. Most likely the foundation given to her was not a biblical one. She probably wasn't taught that man is a sinner and is miserable because he isn't repenting of his sin. Most likely she learned a mix of humanistic beliefs: Freudian theory, the behaviorism of Skinner, and the rest of their unbelieving posse.

I'm glad to see that this girl has some form of Christian worldview.  At least she knows enough to say that homosexuality is wrong.  However, I can't help but think about how much has been lost, even if she wins the lawsuit and gets her degree.  So much has already been conceded.  The girl will most likely go out with a profound secular base due to her lack of Biblical training.  She will get a job counseling others. Those she influences will then go on to become twice the son of hell because they will take those secular principles that she has passed on and apply them more consistently.  In the end, what she fought in the court will become a live reality in her own clients.  She may win a battle, but the ultimate war of worldviews will be lost.

It is absolutely necessary that we bring Christ to the fore when thinking about how or where we send our children to school--be it college, high school or elemetary school.  If we send them away, we need to be aware of who we are allowing to teach our kids (and, subsequently, what we are allowing them to learn).