Washington Post
April 13, 2008
Author: Patricia McGuire
This article addressed the sterotype of Catholic universites only teaching that which coincides with their dogma. This author is a professor at a Catholic university and is very offended that this sterotype has been put out there. She feels that the sterotype hurts Catholics' credibility because it has been said that they fail to address such issues as gay marriage, and abortion. She feels that the sterotype also makes the religion appear to be hypocritical and only concerned with with the "thou shall nots" of the Bible. Ms. McGuire does not think this is the case at all. Ms. McGuire thinks that her university teaches all aspects of life, and not just the religious. By teaching the secular, she feels that students are educated on all the issues of life in the U.S. She states that freedom and faith can and do go together on this campus, and that the sterotype needs to be dispelled. I did not enjoy this article because of the author's way of presenting her point, not the issue. She uses many loaded words, and did not present this issue objectively. Her bias is clear, and in no way does she attempt to present the other side. I felt that this made her lose some credibility and I did not enjoy reading her article because it was somewhat of a glorified rant session.
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When talking about a hot topic like religion, you need to be careful not to use loaded language. Obviously this woman did, and it was not effective. Using and exposing a large bias when talking about religious issues is generally not effective because no matter what you say you are ostricizing people. The author should have considered her audience more before writing this article.
I don't like when authors are clearly biased in their articles. It makes you want to go against their opinions even more unless they use well researched facts. If she wanted to use such loaded words, she should have done more research.
This article is bound to get someones attention, but in a bad way for a lot of people. The author was entirely too biased and it was hard to read the entire article. Even for those who agree with the opinion of the author, it is easy to see the extreme biased. The author needs to make sure next time to avoid loaded language and an extreme biased, when trying to get her point across.
Catholics believe that their way of doing things is right, just like every other religion. On a catholic campus, things are going to be run as the catholic church says they should. There are good and bad things about every university and religion for that matter. I think a religious university would be a great place to learn and get closer to God at the same time.
I would expect that every word she wrote was dripping with opinion. She has invested her life and her faith into this religion and school. I don't think that I could have expected her to write without bias. It would be nearly impossible.
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