I briefly attended a presbyterian church.. the pastor was some foolish female who when reading the scripture would always say "he or she" "him or her" "man and womankind" 'man and woman" etc.. whenever the text of the scripture read "he" or "him" etc........
Now not only was this stupid beyond all reason.. but she'd even do it when the context of the reading was clearly first person such as letters from Paul where he said "When I was a boy" she literally read it as "when I was a boy or a girl"...
The presbyterian (at least factions of it) have so little to do with the word of God that it would be laughable if it wasn't so damned sad.
This was also the same person who claimed there were no angels in the Bible....
Letting someone with an associates degree become ordaned and preach is like leting someone whos played tic tac toe once become a 5 star general and lead troops into war.
I was totally agreeing with your post until that last statement.... How does a piece of paper make someone qualified to be ordained and preach? Some of the greatest preachers to ever live have had no Bible College education... The piece of paper/education is not what makes the preacher - it is God's calling and strengthening. Yes, the studies for a degree can give additional preparation - but without God's divine hand - no-one could be a preacher, or should be ordained.
And I have heard some very highly trained preachers and such (as in Doctoral Degrees), make some incredibly stupid and non-Scriptural, even blasphemous, statements.