Pat Robertson To Speak At...

Pat Robertson has agreed to speak at "Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary". This is sad for many reasons, not the least of which being that his speech will give some level of false credibility to this defective "school".

http://www.trinitysem.edu/Student/Notice/Notice.html

 

==Well thanks. I've been around but I have been very busy so I have not be overly involved in any thread.

==Very interesting. I have not "explored" their website lately but I was aware that they have started new doctorate programs. One has to wonder if this is part of the reason they stopped seeking RA (??).

==That does not sound like a doctorate but, then again, few of Trinity's programs sound like the title of the degree. I think that "doctorate" is for people who want "Dr" in front of their name but don't want to do the work needed to earn the title. I know you are as aware of this, because of your position (etc), as I am but real doctorate degrees are hard. I have friends who have PhDs in sociology, history, education, etc, and they have earned the "Dr" in front of their names. Some spent nearly five years working towards their degree (classwork, research, interviews, teaching, etc) and then they had to go before a board and defend their research (etc). That is a real doctorate degree. I promise, the "doctorates" from Trinity, Andersonville, and Covington (etc) are not nearly as demanding. I know this because I know people who have "doctorates" from those "schools" and I have carefully studied their catalogs. The "doctorates" from Trinity are, from an academic standpoint, worthless. There are no shortcuts to a real doctorate degree.

If someone wants to earn a doctorate, let them do the work. Take the GRE, learn the required languages, do the research, do the hard work and earn that doctorate from an accredited, highly respected, school/seminary.

==It certainly is not up to the standards of a Dallas, Southeastern, Southwestern, UNC, George Mason, etc.

 

==Only if we consider LBU to be on the same level as Trinity College of the Bible. I don't know anything about LBU's program. However Robertson speaking at Trinity and Falwell speaking at LBU does not mean those schools offer quality programs.

 

==Since many early church documents are in German or Latin I think a scholar needs to learn German and Latin so he/she will be able to read those documents. A New Testament scholar, or a Church History scholar, who can read Greek, Latin, and German is in much better shape than one who can only read Greek (and maybe Hebrew). As for the extra classes, well, I see nothing wrong with furthering education. Those extra classes serve to teach the student more, so the student can learn more, so the student will be better prepared to be a scholar. Research is very, very important and should make up a large part of any PhD program. However there is more to it than research.

My area of study is early American Church History (mainly the Pilgrims of Plymouth and the Puritans). When I go to earn my PhD, either in American History or Church History, I will have to learn a foreign language beyond Greek. Why? Well because it is required but also because it will make me a better scholar, teacher, and student. Yes it is more work but in the long run I think the more work, the harder the work, the better the education.