Abstract
After reading "world view" papers written by senior undergraduate students in my Philosophy of Science and Ethics class, I was troubled by the disclosure of two students, who described their passage from orthodox Christianity to a reality that no longer esteems the God of the Bible. While questions challenging faith and presuppositions are part of the liberal arts education experience, Christian educators hope that students will emerge as stronger, thoughtful Christians by considering new ideas. When the experience turns a tender Christian faith into an agnostic, it gives one pause. Though I enjoy debating controversial ideas, I do not want to be the instrument through which others reject the God of Truth. A phrase from "Dover Beach" written by nineteenth-century English agnostic poet Matthew Arnold comes to my mind: "The Sea of Faith was once, too, at the full ... but now I only hear its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar." How far can the "edge be pushed" so that the outcome is still profitable? Falling off the precipice is not the desired outcome.