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To: AppyPappy

They why do they hire (and even give tenure) to so many lowQI’s and IQs?

Most all of our great Universities were founded upon the Word of God, and by Ministers(servants) of our Lord.

Check out the founders of Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Princeton,etc. (By the way, the first school in Tennessee was founded by a Presbyterian Pastor!)

When they are no more; then these godless educational will be no more!


7 posted on 04/20/2012 6:40:41 AM PDT by LetMarch (If a man knows the right way to live, and does not live it, there is no greater coward. (Anonymous)
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To: LetMarch

While I largely agree with your position, you are VERY mistaken with regards to Cornell—at least if you are speaking of Cornell University. Ezra Cornell was a very rich atheist, and while Cornell College in Iowa was named after him in hopes of getting his money behind the project, he didn’t bit because it was religious. Cornell University’s founding documents were not religious and very much aimed at keeping religion out—no denomination was to ever have a majority on the board of trustees. There was no theology department—and the secular environment was such that even religious studies (which is hardly theology)did not begin to get off the ground until the late 1980’s—I was in the very first group of recipients of a concentration (Cornellese for a minor)in religious studies in 1991—thanks to cross listed courses. A major became possible a following year.

That said, I heartily agree that religion generally is in the lead when it comes to education for education’s sake (as opposed to R&D and job training). Places like Cornell are largely a secular echo.


14 posted on 04/20/2012 7:29:53 AM PDT by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G.K. Chesterton))
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