Bob Jones Site Drops Reference to Religions as Cults
Bob Jones University dropped from its World Wide Web site statements from its president describing Catholicism and Mormonism as cults.
A new message on the site has Bob Jones III recounting how he contemplated on Christmas Eve “the growing worldwide hostility toward the evangelizing efforts of Bible-believing Christians.”
But gone is the “President’s Corner” message there as late as March 2 in which Jones said: “The diminution of evangelistic enterprise to cults which call themselves Christian, including Catholicism and Mormonism, is frightening.”
The language was cited repeatedly after Texas Gov. George W. Bush was criticized for speaking on campus Feb. 2 to bolster his Republican presidential campaign following a loss in New Hampshire.
Bush went on to win the South Carolina primary over Arizona Sen. John McCain. But McCain made the visit a campaign issue, and Bush apologized repeatedly for not challenging the school’s interracial dating ban and anti-Catholic views. On March 3, as the attacks on the school continued, Jones lifted the dating ban, stunning students and backers.
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