Catholic girl going to a private lutheran university?
Posted by christianrasmussen1981 on November 23, 2009
Hi everyone. Ok here is the deal…..I’ve been raised Catholic all of my life. I attended catholic school up until high school, which was public and now im at a community college. In the fall I plan on going off to a private university here in southern california, California Lutheran University. The main reasons why I’m choosing to go there is because it is private not public and Im able to start this fall, unlike if I were to go to a public university I would have to wait a whole year, fall 2010, to get in because I missed the deadline. I’m excited to go there because it’s about 10-15 minutes from my house so I can save a lot of money by living at home. And besides the 26% Lutherans on campus, catholics make up about 21% on campus. The school is not VERY religious at all, so that’s what I hear. So my question is… do you think it would be weird to attend a private (religious) university that isn’t the same as your own religion?
It would be weird for me (atheist) to go to a Catholic or Islamic school, but I wouldn’t think it would be very strange to go to a school whose beliefs are similar to yours.
I’ve heard of the Lutheran religion being referred to as "Catholic Light" many times.
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