Religion and firearms?

[Paletiger13]

This is kinda scary. Education Innovation | Discovering A Better Way

[Rightwinger]

Yet they are going to offer soldiers, the wielders of those terrible weapons that settle conflict rather nicely, a free ride!

I think that is sort of in conflict with the picture of their conflict resolution picture.

Soldiers who qualify for 100% of the Post-9/11 GI Bill can earn an undergraduate degree at Lipscomb tuition free. Whatever federal aid doesn’t cover, Lipscomb University’s Yellow Ribbon Program does. That makes an undergraduate degree free of charge, and graduate students receive a deep discount.

[Paletiger13]

Very odd indeed

[MacGyver]

I'm going to step out and say that I think this add is more in line with what I experienced one time in Texas, where a particular town I was in on a case had a law that if you were in a discussion and it got heated, anyone who was carrying a gun was required to put it in the middle of the table. It was a strange sight to see all of these people in a room discussing settling this case start pulling their weapons out and putting them on the conference room table.

That said, I think this ad is meant more in terms of alternative conflict resolution than an anti-2nd ad. As a graduate and someone who is fairly involved there, this is something that's just not on their radar. In fact, if it were to become an issue, because of the conservative politics of the typical Church of Christ student and faculty member, I can't see them taking an anti-2nd stance. While the Churches of Christ historically had a sort of conscientious objector philosophy, that movement really died out as Hitler came to power and members had to level their theology with what was happening in the world at the time. They are one of the most conservative denominations around from a political perspective. If the typical member today were really polled to find out their views on 2nd ammendment issues, I would expect that you would find mostly strict constructionist answers that are very much in line with your views.

They've got several faculty and staff members who have spent most of their careers standing in the breach in some form or fashion. This seems to be an ad for their Center for Conflict Resolution that happens to picture a gun (I can't read the text on my phone). I wouldn't read too much into it.

I do think they deserve a lot of credit for their yellow ribbon program. I've met a few of the students going through the program, and Lipscomb deserves some credit for putting their money where their mouth is in "supporting the troops".

[Rightwinger]

If that's the case, good!

[Worriedman]

Going to check this out a little more. I have family who are very involved with funding for Lipscomb, and as with any University, faculty can steer programs otherwise than wished for from the principals of the backbone.

[Paletiger13]

Thanks for the info. I found it a little confusing myself.