Best Law Schools for Born-Again Christians Forum

[moralsentiments]

pointless south park references might be the only thing dumber than fatty fat sacks in this thread so why don't you just let the adults take it from here

Wow dude…you're a fucking prick

[FattyMcFatFat]

What exactly is your definition of "liberal?" I still haven't really heard anyone define this term, and you seem to take a view that is targeted at (or a product of) your typical "low-info" voter (so to speak).

I'm talking about the popular definition of liberal, the word that Tea Partiers use as an insult/boogeyman. Pro-social freedoms (abortion, gay rights, feminism, probably immigration reform), pro-civil rights, pro-social welfare programs for the poor (and hence government spending/"big" government), pro-taxes, all that good stuff. I'm not offering any complicated political analysis here, I'm just talking about the word as it gets used on the nightly news. That's how I understood Mal to use it, though he'd have to confirm that.

You seem to be conflating conservatism with libertarianism, and millions of people (including myself) subscribe to the latter.

P.S. The nightly "news" is irrelevant to reality as well as to the definition of "liberalism" that I share with millions of people.

[patogordo]

if there's one thing we can all agree on, it's that the fate of the free world rests on properly defining your retarded political beliefs

[Mack.Hambleton]

Wow who gives a shit guys. Can we please just wait for OP to get back from Sunday school to resume trolling

[FattyMcFatFat]

Although I might put it in different words, this seems to be our general point of contention.

lol

Excellent argument (were you a Philosophy major?). I have no response.

[patogordo]

fatty mcfatass do you work in a service industry by any chance

[FattyMcFatFat]

Mongolians bro…everyone knows that…pshhh

Nope. It was Bush's fault.

explain.

Bush is Mongolian..duh

+1

[sublime]

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[FattyMcFatFat]

pointless south park references might be the only thing dumber than fatty fat sacks in this thread so why don't you just let the adults take it from here

Yeah bro. <Insert substantive point>.

[patogordo]

which of the following is most dangerous:

(a) fluoride
(b) welfare
(c) taxation

[FattyMcFatFat]

fatty mcfatass do you work in a service industry by any chance

You've defeated me with your cogent logic. I submit to your authority.

[patogordo]

i'm just asking questions

[FattyMcFatFat]

What exactly is your definition of "liberal?" I still haven't really heard anyone define this term, and you seem to take a view that is targeted at (or a product of) your typical "low-info" voter (so to speak).

I'm talking about the popular definition of liberal, the word that Tea Partiers use as an insult/boogeyman. Pro-social freedoms (abortion, gay rights, feminism, probably immigration reform), pro-civil rights, pro-social welfare programs for the poor (and hence government spending/"big" government), pro-taxes, all that good stuff. I'm not offering any complicated political analysis here, I'm just talking about the word as it gets used on the nightly news. That's how I understood Mal to use it, though he'd have to confirm that.

You seem to be conflating conservatism with libertarianism, and millions of people (including myself) subscribe to the latter.

P.S. The nightly "news" is irrelevant to reality as well as to the definition of "liberalism" that I share with millions of people.

Have you seen the political "compass" graph layout? With one axis being social freedom and the other economic?

And we both know that modern libertarianism is pretty closely tied to conservatism, at least much more so than modern american liberalism.

Are you a dumb?

[FattyMcFatFat]

i'm just asking questions

I'm not on your level, bro. Dumb it down for me.

[patogordo]

i'm just asking questions

I'm not on your level, bro. Dumb it down for me.

i gave you a multiple choice quiz. i don't know how to make it any easier. a, b, or c.

[Tom Joad]

Hey OP, if you come back check out these guys: http://www.blackstonelegalfellowship.org/

It might be of interest to you.

[FattyMcFatFat]

i'm just asking questions

I'm not on your level, bro. Dumb it down for me.

i gave you a multiple choice quiz. i don't know how to make it any easier. a, b, or c.

What's the right answer?

[sublime]

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[patogordo]

i'm just asking questions

I'm not on your level, bro. Dumb it down for me.

i gave you a multiple choice quiz. i don't know how to make it any easier. a, b, or c.

What's the right answer?

[FattyMcFatFat]

I'm not on your level, bro. Dumb it down for me.

i gave you a multiple choice quiz. i don't know how to make it any easier. a, b, or c.

What's the right answer?

Wut?

Edit: Exactly. Whatever it was, it was Bush's fault.

[TTRansfer]

Sorry, I know that did not sound right now that you two posted those quotes!...

I was referring to the fact that I do not go to parties where booze is present unless it is a family gathering and I have the opportunity to be a good testimony to the others.

Sadly, not too many adults have birthday parties anymore, and most of those that do have booze served at those parties. Thus, I thought of children and wrote it...

but Jesus is famous for homebrewing wine

Wine, as in non-alcoholic grape juice.

The term "wine" was given to all grape juice, both fermented and non-fermented, until Welch's coined the term "grape juice" in the early 19th century.

Just a little history lesson...

No idea how any Christian could believe this. The wine had booze in it, bro.

[FattyMcFatFat]

Sorry, I know that did not sound right now that you two posted those quotes!...

I was referring to the fact that I do not go to parties where booze is present unless it is a family gathering and I have the opportunity to be a good testimony to the others.

Sadly, not too many adults have birthday parties anymore, and most of those that do have booze served at those parties. Thus, I thought of children and wrote it...

but Jesus is famous for homebrewing wine

Wine, as in non-alcoholic grape juice.

The term "wine" was given to all grape juice, both fermented and non-fermented, until Welch's coined the term "grape juice" in the early 19th century.

Just a little history lesson...

No idea how any Christian could believe this. The wine had booze in it, bro.

Source? (genuinely curious)

[snagglepuss]

but Jesus is famous for homebrewing wine

Wine, as in non-alcoholic grape juice.
The term "wine" was given to all grape juice, both fermented and non-fermented, until Welch's coined the term "grape juice" in the early 19th century.
Just a little history lesson...

No idea how any Christian could believe this. The wine had booze in it, bro.

Source? (genuinely curious)

The truth is the New Testament (and the Septuagint [Greek translation of the Old Testament]) uses the word oinos, which is a Greek catchall for any grape-based beverage: fermented/non-fermented/boiled/vinegared (e.g. Aristotle uses the term in Meterology to refer to unfermented/boiled grapes aka grape juice). I don't see how people deny that the Bible makes reference to alcoholic wine some of the time, though.

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink...

The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

You get the point.

[Archangel]

Among top law schools I would suggest UVA. I know a fair number (~15-20) of evangelical Christians who attend there. Harvard might also work, as there are generally a handful of evangelical Christians since the class sizes are so large.

If you are interested in concurrently studying theology, I would suggest Duke. The other divinity schools in the t14 (Harvard, Yale, Chicago) are all quite liberal. But even at Duke there will be few professors who share your beliefs. Harvard is near Gordon-Conwell (an evangelical seminary), but I'm not sure whether you can do a joint degree between the two.

This is great advice I think we have the finest institution for theological studies in the world - most people would say we've eclipsed Yale Div and Princeton Theological Seminary in terms of our overall quality and rigor of our scholarship as well as scholarly citations. I don't believe we have a single professor who doesn't have a Duke, Yale, Princeton or Oxford PhD everyone is brilliant and you can't help but be amazed by the sheer breadth of their knowledge it's incredible! If your interested in studying Law/Ethics/Theology/Religion etc. it could be a great place to go.

Duke Divinity is also a very faithful community - we all take a required year long spiritual formation class, have 2 required field ed placements serving the Church or CPE and begin every class with prayer. However just FYI there are no fundamentalist here so evolutionary anthropology, secular fields like sociology and neuroscience are often assigned readings and fair game just so you know and historical-critical scholarship is very important here so for example you'll find out that the 2 Tim quote you gave earlier wasn't written by the Apostle Paul but rather by a later unknown author "Pseudo-Paul" (as were the other pastoral epistles and possibly Eph. and Col. as well -- there's only 7 undisputed epistles in the Pauline corpus). Likewise you'll find out in your first year Old Testament survey class that Genesis doesn't have 1 but 2 "creation" accounts that were later redacted by the Deuteronmist in the 5th century during the Bablynonian exile who later combined J+E+D+P into what is the Pentatuch (or perhaps some scholars now suggest the Hexatuch with Joshua perhaps included in the earliest historical-critical redactionary corpus). You'll also learn all about the "synoptic problem" in NT and the different periods of scholacastism in Church History and more than you ever wanted to know about Augustinian and Thomistic thought (fyi Augustine and Thomas Aquinas are mentioned in just about every lecture so prepare yourself). So overall historical-critical scholarship is front and center at Duke Div and although you may not think you would appreciate it I think it will rather expand your faith (a la fides quaerens intellectum faith seeking understanding or perhaps Duke's motto eruditio et religio) I would highly recommend a visit - I think you'd bee pleasantly surprised by the richness of this community.

Lastly JD/M.Div or JD/MTS seems like a no-brainer for what your trying to accomplish so consider taking the GRE in addition to the LSAT and apply to Yale, Duke, Vanderbilt and Emory all of which have fantastic programs in both programs.

This thread has been awesome!

[ratfukr]

what do u get when u cross a potato & a christian

fish & chips

there is already a fish & chips thread where u unstoppable force fedoraheads can antagonize immovable object zealots 2 their delight
http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 0&t=223330

there is also a politics thread where illiterate tea party weirdos can argue using their own private definitions of words 2 every1's chagrin
http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... 0&t=221144
i'm sure fatty mcbraindead will b happy 2 shit that 1 right up w syphilitic drivel for 50 pages so have at it kids

Have you started studying for the LSAT yet? The test definitely has a bit of a liberal bias; a conservative guy in my LSAT class sometimes had a hard time with questions that used premises, etc. that ran counter to his beliefs. He really had to make an effort to get into the right frame of mind to take the test. /anecdata

underrated

anyway can we get back 2 the flaming trainwreck of cognitive dissonance and art brut flame of the OP? thx