Thursday, October 06, 2016
Why no GCC?
A pretty good convective thought for once.
Catholic World Report, one of the few remaining defenders of the actual faith against the satanic push of Antipope Francine, has a brief note on what happens to faith in universities:
This past week, I happened to read three different texts that coalesced in a rather interesting way. The first was this letter by a Notre Dame student about how she lost her faith while at the University. The student, named Grace, wrote: ... One of the most influential classes I took my freshmen year was my “Foundations of Theology” class. The more I read about God, the less I believed in Him. I questioned why God would even care about humanity when there was so much more to the universe than us. Being at Notre Dame gave me the opportunity to really question the things I believed in.This reminded me sharply of my experience in the first year of a university. I had thought college would expand my skills in electronics. Instead, the math and physics courses had zero connection to reality and made me question the things I believed in, made me doubt the validity of science. If this is "science", I don't want any part of it. Later in life I realized that a much better path was available. I should have taken vo-tech courses in electronics, or given the realities of 1967, should have enlisted in the Navy to get both discipline and skills. = = = = = Okay, let's run the metaphor. A believer in science has the choice of taking university shit and losing his mind, or taking vo-tech courses and perfecting his skills. Why doesn't a believer in God have the same two choices? Why don't we have a Community College or DeVry for God? = = = = = Later realization: We do, but it's not called a college. It's the Mormon 'eldership'. A two-year course in Natural Law, Apologetics and Pastoral Care. All lab, no theory. Unsurprisingly, it produces solid and highly skilled believers.
Labels: Experiential education, skill-estate
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