The problem.....with a college education

A good education is very good.

What is often bad about education is that a person can be conditioned, they cannot think outside the box.

I read years ago that I believe it was Bell Labs (could be wrong on the company) spent years and millions of dollars trying to develop the laser. They had the brightest minds in the country. But they could not come up with a lens that would focus light properly.

Then a 12 year old boy developed a working laser at a school science fair. He simply used the glass from the bottom of a soda bottle. It worked, and the laser was born.

 

I beg to differ. You are obviously unaware of the various theories of inspiration or you would not deny the fact that God used Paul's education in writing the Scriptures, just as he used Peter's lack thereof.

 

Uneducated people are conditioned by their lack of education also.

Quite frankly I detest the attitude expressed by so many that a good education is not necessary in order to be a pastor or to teach the Scriptures. What foolishness!

 

Nor does it require him to learn to read... think about that for a minute.

 

Should Sunday school teachers go to seminary? Is it "necessary"?

 

I agree with you. There has been much, much damage done and untruth perpetuated by good people who were simply uneducated and uninformed.

 

It would be great if they did- some of the best SS teachers I have ever had were seminary graduates or professors.

In my idea of an ideal situation, the pastor of a church should practice 'continuing education' and challenge those who teach in the church to do likewise. Nothing is worse than a 'stale' pastor or teacher, and believe me I've sat under my share.

 

Please stop misquoting me- I never said God's word gets stale. I said preachers do.

 

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OUB,

I too am a public educator at the Community College Level. I often share "god things" in my classes when there is some "tangential" intersection with the mathematics we are doing. Also, often invite my students to attend worship at my church. So far, knock on wood, I have had no complaints filed against me, however, I do try to share things in a "non-threatening" manner being careful to let the students know that it is "my personal convictions and positions" not those of the "institution".

 

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Being educated and being "snooty" are two different things all together. One can be highly educated and still possess a humble heart and spirit and willingness to share that knowledge and wisdom with others.

One can also be "not so well educated" and yet be wise.

 

Unfortunately, due to the "almighty dollar" most college and university education in our country has "devolved" into a commodity designed to simply produce a piece of paper. I see it far to often in students who simply want me to show them 'how to do something" rather than to truly "think and understand".

 

I am not against education, my pastor is highly educated and teaches college classes himself. I have utmost respect for him and ask him questions all the time. In fact, he is one of the few people I can ask the more complicated questions I often have.

But I firmly believe that God intends every believer to understand his word. It was not given to the elite only, in fact, Jesus's greatest criticisms were toward the religious scholars. Often the simple uneducated folks had a better understanding of the scriptures than they did. They recognized Jesus, most scholars did not.

In James God gives a promise to give wisdom to those that ask provided they believe. So this is what I rely upon. I believe even the ordinary believer can understand the scriptures quite well if they study and ask for God's help.

 

He didn't say anything about God's Word changing or being stale. He's talking about preachers.