"I don't want to go to a Christian school, I want to go to a school filled with Christians."

"Christian makes a poor adjective."
-Rob Bell

The first day of college i sat in the lobby with my new group of friends, talking about why we chose Eastern. Discussions of other Christian schools came up, and we compared the pros and cons of each. I felt like i was sitting at the dinner table again with my parents trying to decide where to visit.
We talked about how we wanted our walk with God to be voluntary. If someone is telling you to go to church, how can you ever know if you really want to be there?
We were all new to each other, so rather than sit back and listen in on the conversation it was everybody's job to speak up and give their side of things. I listened to the random boy to my left with glasses as his Mac hummed on his lap while he talked about what brought him here. He was brave and and fearless as he said the words "I don't want to go to a Christian school, I want to go to a school filled with Christians." The conversation continued on without pause, but I couldn't help making a mental note to remember this statement. When I got back to my room I immediately wrote it down. Ever since then it has been present in every class when the professor brings up the word 'Christian'.
Is it safe to say we all agree with this statement? Does the label 'Christian University' necessarily mean we are surrounded by people with the same morals and values as us? I believe that if we are to be the Christians we claim to be, then we accept people unlike ourselves.

In my last INST class, we talked about what it meant to be a Christian. We agreed that Christianity had become warped into something God never intended for it be. It had become judgmental and unkind. One by one, students began opening up about their religious background and the lack thereof. It was amazing to me that even while they were in a room filled with 'accepting and loving' Christian people, they were hesitant to say that they themselves were not Christians.
So I ask myself and those reading this particular post, what is it to be a Christian? Not, what is it to 'be Christian.'

What do you think? I would especially like to hear answers from non-Christians as well.