Academia is becoming more hostile to Christians by the day – as this recent post at Creation Evolution Headlines illustrates ~ Being a Christian in Academia Can Be Costly. The article describes the dilemma facing students who want to earn a degree (in a field which is even remotely impacted by one’s worldview) – while remaining faithful to Jesus Christ. Soon it may be impossible to do both.
Dr. Corey Miller (President/CEO of Ratio Christi) finally decided to tell his story. On his path to a PhD in philosophy, he was blocked, persecuted, censored and shamed repeatedly. Why? Because he couldn’t fulfill the academic requirements? No. He titles his article in The College Fix, “I was forced out of my PhD program because of my open faith in Jesus Christ. Here’s my story.”
Proceeding from undergrad to PhD as a Christian was a continual battle. Here are some of types of censorship and persecution he endured:
• Told to shut up from sharing his Christian views in a freshman class, and given an F.
• Received prank calls at 3 in the morning from classmates mocking his faith.
• Called schizophrenic and delusional by his psychology professor.
• Dropped by an atheist grad advisor and forbidden to proceed in his PhD studies.
• As an adjunct professor, was threatened by professors and students.*
• Forced to go overseas to complete his PhD.
The censors were relentless. When Miller was outspoken about his faith, he was censored. When he was secretive about his faith, he was outed and censored. When he tried the Trojan Horse approach (enter academia and become one of them), he was outed and censored. It had nothing to do with his qualifications. The reason was the intolerant, profoundly anti-Christian bias in academia.
Most of America’s oldest colleges and universities were founded by Christians, for Christians, firmly grounded in God’s word. Many of these original institutions actually began as seminaries. What a shame that they’re become bastions of intolerant atheism ~
As the university goes, so goes the culture. The university is the most influential institution in western civilization. From it come our doctors, lawyers, political leaders, journalists, artists, k-12 educators and even future professors […]
“Christians largely founded the university as a prominent feature of western civilization. But today we fight for our right to exist on the campus. The powers of secularism don’t lose any sleep over Christian marginalization. But Christians who sleep rather than fight for our right sacrifice not only our voice, but that of western civilization.” — Corey Miller
