Nelson Atwell
Well-Known Member
I know nothing of him, except what the press has said about him, but I have met some graduates of his school.
I shared a room with two graduates of Liberty University (his school) in my technical training when I first joined the Air Force 19 years ago. They both had five week tech schools, and mine was 15 weeks. They were both nice guys, but a little quirky. Both had a problem with me drinking beer and then coming back to the room (I was 25 when I joined and allowed to drink after the first four weeks). They both told me that drunkeness is a sin. One morning Caleb told me this and I told him I sinned enough for both of us then, and he should pray for me (and him).
The first guy was really nice, and a good friend, even if he had some very conservative (naive) views on things.
The second guy, Caleb, joined the Air Force the same day as his wife. They were both graduates from Liberty with Master degrees in Religious studies, and both were ministers. He had a five week tech school -- the third week, his wife called to tell him she found someone else in her training and that she was divorcing him. He took it extremely hard, and I really expected to find him dead in our room some day, but apparently drinking two 2-liter bottles of soda and eating everything that both of us had in the room in one afternoon won't kill a 6'5" man. The guy ate my whole weeks worth of groceries that afternoon! He paid me back, but I was amazed at what he ate that day. He finished the school, but I gave him a wide berth for those last two weeks.
I shared a room with two graduates of Liberty University (his school) in my technical training when I first joined the Air Force 19 years ago. They both had five week tech schools, and mine was 15 weeks. They were both nice guys, but a little quirky. Both had a problem with me drinking beer and then coming back to the room (I was 25 when I joined and allowed to drink after the first four weeks). They both told me that drunkeness is a sin. One morning Caleb told me this and I told him I sinned enough for both of us then, and he should pray for me (and him).
The first guy was really nice, and a good friend, even if he had some very conservative (naive) views on things.
The second guy, Caleb, joined the Air Force the same day as his wife. They were both graduates from Liberty with Master degrees in Religious studies, and both were ministers. He had a five week tech school -- the third week, his wife called to tell him she found someone else in her training and that she was divorcing him. He took it extremely hard, and I really expected to find him dead in our room some day, but apparently drinking two 2-liter bottles of soda and eating everything that both of us had in the room in one afternoon won't kill a 6'5" man. The guy ate my whole weeks worth of groceries that afternoon! He paid me back, but I was amazed at what he ate that day. He finished the school, but I gave him a wide berth for those last two weeks.
Anyway, it is a good college for the religious people. They don't have to feel like the 5th wheel, like they would at normal universities. Not a bad way for Jerry to make money after everything when his nutty wife devorced him.
