He could have wrote In parenthesis ( I don’t believe) God is dead. It would have been following the request and not denying his beliefs.
Would he even need the parentheses? Of course, I get the impression from the movie trailer that this is a situation for earnest and eager faith, not cleverness.
My short answer is: Christianity.
My longer answer:
Well, oddly enough, for this I refer to Mohandas Gandhi (who also commnented “Western Civilization? That sounds like a good idea!”); he noted that European Christianity is the negation of the religion of Jesus. I’d be hard put to adduce anything he did or taught that was “irrational, harmful, or just plain stupid.”
I know, of course, from long experience, that there are so many of you posting on this board who would strongly disagree with me; I’d have better luck trying to push a cat out from under a porch with a wet rope. I can only go so far.
Your opinion (or judgement, arguably) notwithstanding, I don’t see why I cannot or should not form my own judgments about Christianity, Gandhi, or anything else.
As a side note, I personally see Gandhi as more of a political leader than a religious one, though the lines were extremely blurry and I admit my limited knowledge of the topic.
My view has been the law (Title VII of the CRA, as amended) since 1972. Pleny to time to challenge it, based on any number of cases.
Nothing the student did prevented him from being exposed to other viewpoints. When human rights are at stake, outside pressure is a good thing.
Very well, good to know.
That would not be following the request, the professor was asking the students to affirm that they didn’t believe in god, so the professor could skip the religious parts of philosophy.
Well, it would be following the literal requirements of the request. If the prof wants to move the goalposts…
He specifically says to write three words: “God is dead”. Writing more than three would not be following the literal requirements of the request.
“Five is right out.” - Book of Armaments
So write three words, prefixed with Morse Code for “I do not believe that”. For that matter, write “God is -. — - dead.”
Because professors just love it when students fuck around with direct instructions, right?
Some professors might applaud the lateral thought process involved.
Referring back to the professor from the link in the OP, how do you think he would respond to gameplay like that?
If you’re not one of the 0.001% of college freshman in 2014 who knows Morse Code, how about you just say you have a religious objection? In the United States, that’s sufficient.
Same as everything else - bitterly and from the wrong path.
I reserve the right to respond to silly hypotheticals with mocking solutions.
Fair enough. I submit that reasonable accommodation is a better solution, but it’s of no use in mocking the silly hypothetical, I’ll grant you that.
Well, I look forward to the movie’s sequel, GND 2: Josh Wheaton and the Reasonable Accommodation.
Hypothetical or not, I found a practical use for Morse Code: My car was stuck in mud in a field (how I got there is another matter), and I used my car horn to signal an “SOS” to a passing police car for help.
Just honking the horn repeatedly wouldn’t have attracted them??
Cops:car horns::moths:light bulbs.