These are highly concerning statements. Of course women need to be literate! Imagine if I wasn't literate, I wouldn't be able to be on here and support other women, I wouldn't be able to read the mail, pay the bills, organise future events, or learn anything helpful. How on earth would I educate my children? It makes me a far better mother and wife, no question.
There are people who have abused homeschooling to the point that their children are not very educated. Not any that I am aware of in this group.
Oh boy! I grew up in a church that was part of the "Hyles cult". My youth pastor graduated from HAC, and he was great, but Jack Hyles was revered in nearly an idolatrous way.
I will agree wholeheartedly about Hyles being an idol. I have a few friends who went to Pensacola Christian College... scary place.
Abeka is a good curriculum in the areas of reading and math, but the rest of it is subpar academics, the college recycles the high school material for many of their classes. PCC operates on an environment of legalism and fear as far as the " rules" go. I understand having rules against sexual immorality, drinking, smoking, lying, stealing and cheating, every Christian college has that in their honour code. PCC goes so far as to forbid students from attending any local churches, students must attend the one on campus. If a male students hair is below a certain length, they get demerits. Female students are required to wear dresses and skirts, of which is reasonable for on campus, however, the college demands that male faculty and staff wives and daughters abide by that same dress code. Even if the wife and daughters do not attend PCC or come onto campus. I could write a whole book on PCC, but in a nutshell, it is a cult. Unless one is going there to only study the Bible or nursing ( the program is accredited ) it is waste of money. The school is not regionally accreditted and just got national accredidation a few years ago. Many grad schools and employers will not accept their degrees or allow one to transfer their credits.
I agree. That word gets thrown around a lot. I don't know too much about them, but I would say that what I know of them, their theology is pretty standard fundamentalist, traditional, and patriarchal If you are saying they exercise a lot of legalistic control, then I would agree. I'm not sure that's a definition for cult, though. I welcome others' input if you have more specifics or think my idea of cult is too lenient.
When a college tells students who choose to leave, that they are doing Satans will, yes that is a cult. Not all cults are blatantly obvious, many disguises themselves as fitting into the mainstream on the surface. If you have 3-4 hours I will gladly send you a link to video with Dale Fincher, who is a PCC alumni and former student body president. We can agree to disagree on them being a cult, but it is a place where spiritual abuse is rampant.