When it’s the first day of class, and the professor starts talking about how humans did in fact evolve from gorillas:
When you’re writing a paper or a short answer question on an exam, and you have to force yourself to give the answer your professor wants instead of what you know is the truth:
When you’re having a class discussion about the reading that went against everything you believe, and you try to figure out what you’re going to say when it comes to you:
When everyone cusses, and it’s harder than you thought to not join in:
When every now and then, one accidentally slips out anyway:
When you ask your professor a simple question that pushes them to defend their argument, and you get to watch them flounder around and then change the subject because they have nothing:
When there are random people roaming about campus trying to stop you and ask, “are you a Christian?”
And when you say yes, they proceed to inform you of how you’re not actually a Christian, but tell you that if you listen to them and do as they say, you will surely become one and be saved. True story: I once got stopped by two women who asked if I had ever heard of “God the Mother.”
When your professor is saying things that go against everything you believe, but you don’t want to stir the pot and cause them to have it out for you until you cross the stage at graduation, so you just sit there like:
When you decide you can’t stay silent anymore and raise your hand to give the professor a piece of your mind, but when he calls on you, you decide you’d rather get an A than dismantle your professor’s entire belief system (which you definitely could) and have to explain to grad schools why you failed an English class:
When the professor ends a very offensive lecture with, “So, any questions?”
When you realize that you're so close to graduation, and despite the fact it isn't always easy or enjoyable, you’re glad that you've been exposed to all kinds of different beliefs and perspectives:
It not only made you a more well-rounded contribution to society, it also further solidified your own faith.
