So you don’t actually know what the requirements are, but you are quite sure they aren’t real difficult.
Put it this way - they are harder than learning to spell and punctuate. So most if not all of those with the Th.D. can be assumed to be smarter than those who have failed junior high, as appears to be the case with at least one person in this thread.
Regards,
Shodan
It suggests a certain mental laziness on your part - and really, given the general tenor of this board, starting yet another bash-teh-dum-xians thread and having most of the room against you suggests that you’ve done an astoundingly poor job.
well, i think most theology degrees are going to be a joke. most preachers a e not the brightest people in the world. i am NOT saying they are dummies i’m just saying they aren’t the smartest bunch around. i’m also not saying there are not some really really smart preachers. but ultimately you can’t make it too hard or you don’t graduate enough preachers.
and i’m not going to spend any time defending or apologizing for calling the bible a simplistic book for people with child like mentalities.
you could have 100 people disagree with me and i still wouldn’t change my mind. not about these two topics, seminary and the bible.
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I’m not giving you a Warning this time, but if the moderation staff perceives that you are not posting here in good faith, your posting privileges will be removed.
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what does “posting in good faith mean”. the title of this thread was intended to be sarcastic and condescending. it was posted in the BBQ Pit. how is that not in good faith? wouldn’t what you are saying apply to other parts of the board but not BBQ pit?
That’s what he means.
And you base this on…what, your gut?
Most preachers do not have doctorates. In many denominations an advanced degree is not required. Most people with ThDs or PhDs in Theology or Religion are not preachers.
And your idea that div schools go easy on students because otherwise there wouldn’t be enough preachers: You base this on…what, your gut?
You need neither defend nor apologize for your position. You are patently and simply wrong, but you’re welcome to your wrong, simplistic, and childlike opinion.
Preachers who hold divinity degrees are different from researchers who hold PhDs. One is a professional degree (the skills to practice) the other is an academic, research degree.
when you say research do you mean they have to actually be able to translate ancient languages? or do you mean like social science research like are mormons growing faster than evangelicals?
I’m not sure what your second sentence means, but by research I mean peer-reviewed original academic research on a topic related to theology.
It might include having to read texts in the original language. Basically, like a scientist (like me), they’d have to have a question they were trying to answer, gather data (specific to the question- it could be reading ancients texts, or conducting surveys, interviewing people, etc etc), seeing if their data supports their hypothesis and going from there.
For example, here is a research faculty page from Notre Dame: http://theology.nd.edu/people/faculty/abraham-winitzer/
Here’s one from Marquette:
Joshua Ezra Burns // Theology // Marquette University
I find this stuff interesting, even to this militant atheist.
Ok, what I was trying to say was that if they can translate ancient languages I consider that very impressive.
both of those guys look pretty impressive to me. thanks for showing them to me.
can i ask what field of science you are in?
Wait, this is secretly a game of “Last Word Wins” and Robert is trying to win, right?
Well, could have fooled me.
this is my thread, started by me, right? how can i be guilty of wanting to get the last word on my own thread???
No, no, I want to win.
I don’t, actually. I was surprised that no US university offered such a thing, but I don’t think it’s important that they do. Frankly, I don’t see the point of postsecondary religious studies for anyone other than historians and clerics (and people who are interested in the topic, of course.)
He’s unemployed and bored.
and sleepy too.
i’ll be going to bed soon.
i guess someone else can get the last word, once i’m asleep.
I sort of figured that was the case after the 40th time of “I’m going to reply to everything everyone says in this topic–ad infinitum–until nobody else cares anymore and I declare myself the victor.”
Now wait, don’t mock that. That’s how I know medical school is easy: you need doctors. (Science school is not easy, becuase they’re useless).
Law school is super easy becuase there’s way too many lawyers (although, unlike the first paragraph, I actually mean that).
wow, i googled:
hindu studies doctoral degree new york
got no results. yet there are lots and lots and lots of hindu worship places here and hindu practitioners. seems odd no university in NYC has a doctoral degree program…