11-18-2007, 08:16 AM
larryjf Wrote:Yes, completely free...so you really have nothing to lose. Even all of the reading material is free online.
Larry
I notice how the self-appointed keepers of the faith at degreediscussion dump all over the school. I also notice how those Nabobs of the Nativity, Dukes of Deuteronomy, and Guardians of the Gospels think that no decent human should post here.
There are those who believe that Christianity isn't about an academic elite looking down their noses at the unwashed and illiterate parishioners. There is nothing in the Bible that requires a doctorate to comprehend. You can tear it apart and reassemble it in only so many ways always tiptoing to remain in bounds, away from heresy.
I know a sometimes minister of a mainline Baptist Church with no appreciable education. Does he have an accredited education? No - more like no education. He has one thing going for him - he works for free with a small congregation that cannot afford a full time minister. Is there anything to criticize in this situation? To me it is akin to NATS. In my mind working for free, doing good work, should never be criticized.
I used to know some Hutterites. They would decide that Darius would run the hog barn, Jakob the dairy barn, and Michael would be the preacher. A job is a job and 8 years of school was enough. Something wrong here?
Education is never bad. Spreading God's word is never bad. Doing it for free is never bad. What's the deal?