Some facts about seminary stude
As we have stated in block
capital letters in our writings, THE
PURPOSE OF ALL EDUCATION, Christian or
secular, is to produce THE MAXIMUM
AMOUNT OF UNBELIEF IN ABSOLUTE
AUTHORITY. The general rule is, “The
bigger the belfry, the more room for the bats.”
We have here an excellent
example of this matter documented from
an article called “LIBERALISM IN THE
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.” Here
somebody has taken the time to examine
Southern Baptist young men in Southern
Baptist schools about their beliefs.
These students were taken from the
Southwestern Seminary and Louisville
(Southern) Theological Seminary; in the survey (taken by a man named Hollyfield) we find the following interesting facts, which are published under “A
SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DEGREES OF CHRISTIAN ORTHODOXY AMONG SELECTIVE
STUDENTS IN THE SOUTHERN THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY.” Here are the results.
Question: Which of the
following statements comes closest to
expressing what you believe about God?
First statement: “I KNOW GOD REALLY
EXISTS. I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.” One hundred percent of the HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA students said that was it, 74%
of the FIRST YEAR STUDENTS in college
said that was it, only 65% of the
students in the FINAL YEAR said that was it, the MASTERS DEGREE STUDENTS numbered 71%, and the Ph.D.’s came to 63%. When asked to sign a statement on “While I
have doubts, I feel that I do believe in God,” none of the diploma students had
any doubts, BUT THE Ph.D.’s WERE 26%
DOUBTERS.
In answer to the question:
“Which of the following statements comes closest to expressing what you believe
about Jesus,” 100% of the DIPLOMA
STUDENTS said “Jesus is the divine Son
of God, and I have no doubts about it,” but 63% OF THE Ph.D.’s had plenty of
doubts about it. Twenty-one percent of the Ph.D.’s said, “While I have some
doubt, I feel basically that Jesus is
divine,” but none of the HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA KIDS had any doubts.
Now, isn’t that something?
Ninety-six percent of the DIPLOMA
STUDENTS believe that miracles actually happened just as the Bible says they
did, but only 37% of the Ph.D.
CANDIDATES believed it.
As to the existence of the
devil, 90% of the DIPLOMA STUDENTS said he was really there, but only 37% of the Ph.D. STUDENTS thought the devil was
there. Fifty-three percent of the
Ph.D.’s believe that there is life
beyond death, while 100% of the DIPLOMA STUDENTS believed it.
When it came to the Virgin
Birth, 15% of the Ph.D’s said Christ was definitely not virgin born, and 28%
said, “He definitely did not walk on
water.”
When it came to holding the
Bible to be God’s truth, 73% of the
DIPLOMA STUDENTS thought it was
absolutely necessary, but 42% of the
Ph.D. STUDENTS said it wasn’t necessary at all.
This shows the “progress” and
“evolution” of higher education. At Bob Jones the way it works it, when the
student first enters there, 95% of them believe the KING JAMES BIBLE is the word of God from cover to cover, including
the cover! By the time they have been
there one year, they believe there are
other reliable translations besides the KING JAMES BIBLE. By the time they have been there four years, they believe the Westcott and Hort Greek text CAN CORRECT THE KING JAMES BIBLE. By the time they have been there for six years, they
think their own preference is God and
what they “prefer” is the deciding
factor in final authority. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
AND SECULAR EDUCATION WHEN IT COMES TO
MATTERS OF FINAL AUTHORITY. They may
differ in beliefs about evolution or
morals, or politics or separated living, but when it comes to ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY, there are just as many anarchists at Bob Jones University and Tennessee Temple as there are in the worst liberal
seminaries in the Southern Baptist
Convention.