Comments on: The Shame of Harding University

By: Wayne Holden

Wayne Holden — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:39:03 +0000

The hungry and the naked would still be hungry and naked if Harding or any other institution spent the money on them instead of infrastructure. A better act would be to give many of those underpriviledged a free education and then send them back to their homes with knowledge to prosper with and I don’t mean a degree in religious doctrine either.

By: Wayne Holden

Wayne Holden — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:34:53 +0000

The internet doesn’t forget and a search for one thing sometimes yields a tidbit that must be followed up on. An online discussion never really dies until the link is severed.

By: Wayne Holden

Wayne Holden — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:32:40 +0000

Ditto!

By: Wayne Holden

Wayne Holden — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:29:02 +0000

What Harding thinks is righteous and what you think is righteous may not be what others think is righteous or even moral for that matter. Harding stands as an impediment to personal freedom in White County, many fear the reactions of Harding and its Alumni and therefore refuse to speak up throughout the county. They fear that Harding will ruin their businesses, their personal lives and their standing in the community.

To go against Harding is to be shuned by your very family in this county.

By: Wayne Holden

Wayne Holden — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:23:12 +0000

I never went to college until after I retired from the military. Why? Because the only one my parents were willing to pay for was Harding College (at that time). That is how a person is FORCED to attend Harding. I don’t know if that is why he attended but your assumption that no one is forced to attend a school they don’t like needs to be adjusted because there are millions of college students who do not have personal fortunes to pay the high tuitions of today or even yesterday.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:40:21 +0000

Can there be a “true Christian university” by definition?

Would love to have taken the millions HU spent on buildings (and administrative salaries and perks) and feed the hungry, clothe the naked, etc.

The Jesus in my Bible doesn’t ask, in Heaven, “Did you have The Instrument?”; He asks, “Did you feed/clothe me?”

And there are other instances of other faculty members besides ME being called into DDB’s office regarding political or even perceived political stands. One that comes to mind relates to the invitation of Sean Hannity to come speak at HU. All one professor had to ask was, “What are his bona fides?” and that was enough to get him brought in and threatened by DDB.

They have a great deal for which to answer.

By: jkkuwitzky

jkkuwitzky — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:59:55 +0000

Do people really go through 3 year old comment threads demanding to be answered? I didn’t think the internet could surprise me anymore.

By: Michael Kraemer

Michael Kraemer — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:47:18 +0000

If it is any consolation Adam Overly, I think you are fairly accurate insofar as your interpretation of the Bible. This is exactly why your religion is a poison.

I accept the banal, conflicting, and hedonistic thought in the Bible. As such, I rational person would begin to realize the entire book is a myth and should be treated with no greater reverence than materials used in its production. The true shame is that Christian schools still exist as it is strikingly a contradiction by terms.

By: DMM

DMM — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:20:31 +0000

You seem to be very personally invested in this issue, Adam. If you are counting on getting married to “prevent [you] from indulging in the sin of homosexual acts,” I think you are destined to make some poor woman very unsatisfied.

By the way, this article is almost three years old, so don’t expect anyone else to come talk to you here.

By: Adam Overly

Adam Overly — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:59:20 +0000

Or perhaps because they are exhausted from what is required to defend themselves against false accusations time and time again?