Mukden wrote:How is it bunk? If I firmly believe the world is only 6000 years old, how can seriously study, well, anything really?
Not all religions believe that the world is 6000 years old.
Even if they did, not all areas of study involve the age of the world in any way.
Therefore, your statement is bunk.
Mukden wrote:I know Baylor does research (and is something of an exception in this regard), but being Baptist has never helped them on this front.
It doesn't appear to have hurt them either. As noted in my link their status as a "Research University" was recently upgraded.
Mukden wrote:-Baylor College of Medicine separated from the University due to is religious affiliation.
-Baylor College of Dentistry cut ties with the school, for the same reason.
-Baylor Law generally likes to keep its distance from the religiously influenced undergraduate portion of the school.
-Their federal and state funding is severely limited; because of this, they do comparatively little research when you take their Billion+ endowment into consideration.
-The Baylor 2012 plan mentioned in one of you’re quotes has been a massive controversy at the school.
How does any of this come into play in regard to being part of an athletic conference?
Mukden wrote:Baylor is trapped in an endless identity crisis, which would end the moment they became non-sectarian. How is it productive to spend time and energy arguing over whether students should be allowed to dance or not? How am I supposed to take a school where dancing is a controversy seriously? Keep in mind this is the same place a Basketball coach covered up the murder of one of his players. See the misplaced priorities? Dare I say the hypocrisy?
No. What I see are fantastic leaps in logic. That a coach covered up a murder says nothing about the priorities of the college. That dancing has been debated there or anywhere else says nothing about whether or not the college provides a quality education or should be taken seriously.
Based on widely regarded rankings, they are taken more seriously than most colleges in the nation, including Oregon.
Mukden wrote:Does Baylor being a hot-bed of “Intelligent Design Theory” A.K.A “science gave me the wrong answer so I’ll dress religion up in the trappings of science and hope no one can tell the difference” help answer that question?
No. It doesn't at all. A persons position on intelligent design has little to do with many (if not most) of what they study in college. Also, that some people debate that issue there is not an indication that it's on the agenda of everyone on campus.
Mukden wrote:Yes, I think they would. They go there to be in an environment supportive of their values, and to find a spouse. The education is secondary. Many LDS people never even consider attending another school.
They don't need a school to "be in an environment supportive of their values, and to find a spouse." That doesn't seem to be anything unique to BYU anyway. People often choose schools that support their values, are familiar, they like, or are close to home. A lot of people marry someone they meet in college as well.
Not considering another school doesn't mean that they aren't going to a school for the school part.
Mukden wrote:Why should a university have to babysit you, and make you live your faith? If you don't believe in pre-maritial sex, thats totally fine with me, totally respectable, and even a little noble. But shouldn't you just not have sex, rather than need the Baylor RA's to come peek around your room a 2 in the morning?
To each their own. Students voluntarily go to the school. Perhaps they want to be in an environment where a specific standard of behavior is enforced. It says nothing about their faith or the quality of education they are getting.
