I suspect you are right with regards to
land mines. It will no doubt be exactly like what secular colleges teach. Christian parents would be deceived to think America is making some moral turnaround
cause the Bible is in the classroom.
I took Old Testament and New Testament in college and aced them before transferring to a Christian college. I took Old Testament at University of North Carolina Wilmington with a non-Christian, agnostic professor. The textbooks they used advance textual criticism, and every sort of hair-brained theory. The controversial J-E-D-P hypothesis that attacks inspiration, continuity and unity of the Scriptures is treated as the Gospel in such texts. While the claims of prophets and our Lord Jesus Christ are regarded with skepticism. Of course, Sodom and Gommorah's great sin was inhospitality. I think you catch my drift.
Frankly, I think it is dangerous for young children to be under the influence of these false teachings... it's a toll enough on college-aged Christians, but I do think it forces us to think seriously about apologetics. As Edmund Burke says, "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper." It tried me, and I went the extra mile in my research papers, without fear of reproach to vindicate Christian claims, rather than cow-toe to the humanist propaganda about Bible. Much of the research materials in the college library of secular universities is written by theological liberals and textual critics. I kept respect of my non-Christian professor through it all.
Even in trying to stand up for orthodoxy, I had to shed some errant Neo-Orthodox presuppositions I picked up in early twenties because of naiveté. I made it a beneficial experience-- but I fear how it can shake the faith of high-school aged students, particularly given that they may not avail themselves to do any real study but instead simply regurgitate and embrace the secular humanist criticisms of the Bible.
Puritanhead
