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angellous_evangellous

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*Paul* said:
I don't agree that they need to be educated, certainly not in the way that passes for education now,
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Certainly not, if they are to thoughtlessly regurgitate what they have been told all of their lives by the church.


some of the most gifted preachers and teachers of the past have been without any kind of formal education, they were just full of the Holy Ghost.
Take John Bunyan, his works have born so much fruit and he held his own theologically in court and in prison under interrogation, John Owen said he was one of the best theologians he had read, he was just a poor man who was converted and the regenerating power of God equipped him for God's purpose.

Can you name any others? It seems to me that John Bunyan is by far the exception to the rule.

I disagree that thinking has proven fatal to protestantism, but applying the wisdom of the world above Christ the Wisdom of God has.
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Like I said, thinking has proven fatal to Protestantism.
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Somkid

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I am ordained in the USA (and China for what that's worth). I have completed clinical pastoral education earning my board certification as a chaplain. I served as a hospital chaplain for 8 years 1 year as an intern 2 years as a resident and 5 years as a staff chaplain. I finished my inter faith DD in 1999 however I am currently a professor of philosophy and religion having finished my Ph.D. in philosophy in 2002. I'm Buddhist and I would say I was tolerated in Pennsylvania (where I'm originally from) at best so I moved to Thailand where I am excepted with opened arms.
 
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angellous_evangellous

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Somkid said:
I am ordained in the USA (and China for what that's worth). I have completed clinical pastoral education earning my board certification as a chaplain. I served as a hospital chaplain for 8 years 1 year as an intern 2 years as a resident and 5 years as a staff chaplain. I finished my inter faith DD in 1999 however I am currently a professor of philosophy and religion having finished my Ph.D. in philosophy in 2002. I'm Buddhist and I would say I was tolerated in Pennsylvania (where I'm originally from) at best so I moved to Thailand where I am excepted with opened arms.
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Cool. Where (at which school) did you get your DD and Phd?
 
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Somkid

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My DD is from Boston University and my Ph.D. is from Princeton University however I managed not to develop a Boston or New Jersey accent. My BS is in psychology and my masters degree is in theology which I studied at The University of Pennsylvania. I completed clinical pastoral education at Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVHC) in Allentown Pennsylvania which is also where I did my internship and was invited to stay on to do my residency. This summer when we have a break in semesters at the university where I work I plan to study Indian philosophy at The University of Mumbia (Bombay University) in India. I plan on studying more Chinese philosophy in the near future and I plan on going to Beijing University for that but we will see how long my money lasts. I'm one of those people that would be a career student if I had the financial resources.
 
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angellous_evangellous

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Somkid said:
My DD is from Boston University and my Ph.D. is from Princeton University however I managed not to develop a Boston or New Jersey accent. My BS is in psychology and my masters degree is in theology which I studied at The University of Pennsylvania. I completed clinical pastoral education at Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVHC) in Allentown Pennsylvania which is also where I did my internship and was invited to stay on to do my residency. This summer when we have a break in semesters at the university where I work I plan to study Indian philosophy at The University of Mumbia (Bombay University) in India. I plan on studying more Chinese philosophy in the near future and I plan on going to Beijing University for that but we will see how long my money lasts. I'm one of those people that would be a career student if I had the financial resources.
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You already are a career student :yes::D
 
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Sonic247

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Not yet, but maybe one day. I'm interested in being a missionary. I think sometimes people's formal education is what they make out of it. Samuel Morris changed many peoples lives because he had such a great relationship with God, but he had a good attitude about going to school too because he was all about learning the Bible; not just getting a degree. It just wasn't God's plan for him to finish and go back to Liberia ( he died) But two or three others went in his place. He brought many people closer to God here in America.
 
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