At BYU, do they...?

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...teach that Native Americans are the descendants of Asian peoples, not Hebrews?
...teach the Bering Strait Hypothesis?
...teach the exact location of Kolob?
...teach true Bible history and ways that Biblical scholars can determine the Book of Mormon is false?
...teach religious studies courses without Mormon opinion being involved?

just curious...it is a university after all, i'm just wondering if the students get a legit/truthful education there?

Answer 1

BYU...I graduated from there, although it was very tough for me to transfer there, largely due to my perception that it would be no fun, my education would be biased and I would be forced to take religion classes. However, I found this was all false. The education at BYU is one of the best in the Country, and you can see this from how highly it is rated in many areas and how quick its graduates are to get quality jobs. None of my general classes had (or appeared to have) the influence of the Mormon faith. They were based on the same scientific and factual data you see everywhere else (I did a year somewhere else).

The Bible classes were awesome and I felt were very scripturally oriented. I heard nothing of Kolob, except for singing that one song at church, and didn't take any other classes that touched on the things you mentioned. I did find that my religion class on world religions was just as objective as a similar class I took at a state university prior to BYU. When I was at BYU I had both friends who were Mormon and those who weren't and found my experience pretty well rounded (although I did attempt to get out of there quickly - finished in 2 yrs).

I think someone would be completely misguided if they believed the education isn't top notch and completely relevant to the particular area you are studying. Everyone who has known of my graduating from BYU (mainly non-Mormons) was very complementary and very impressed by the school, including many of my professors at a private Jesuit school I attended for my masters. I think you're making issues, or trying, out of nothing.

Answer 2

Since we have no way of knowing if Native Americans have Hebrew descendants, then I don't know what they teach.
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I was always under the impression that hypothesis means it's not been proven.
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No one knows teh exact location of Kolob, so it would be hard to teach it, right?
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TRUE Bible history will prove the Book of Mormon false? I doubt it. Maybe YOUR Bible history interpretation, but you are no more an expert on the bible than the professors at BYU.
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Excuse me? Let's turn it around.

Do they teach religious study courses at Oral Roberts University, or Bob Jones University, without evangelical opinion being involved? Do they even have Mormon teachers at these schools?

Now, tell me how rediculous THAT question is.
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The students at BYU get as legitimate and truthful an education as any school. It is one of the top schools in the nation.

Answer 3

Since Simon Southerton was ex'd (for sleeping with a woman) immediately after his 'Losing a Lost Tribe', one can surmise that this remains a very dangerous ground for some professors at YBU.

But since church dogma and doctrine can change overnight, and only make Jeff Lindsay's site irrelevant (a redundancy in any sense) and the Maxwell Institute free to pursue *real* science, there is hope for the future.

It's a shame the church cannot put their resources into real archaeological research to discover truth rather than 'cover the dirt back up'.

Answer 4

No, no, no ,no and no, its runs by Mormons and the MTC is there (Missioanry traingin Center) were the missionaries go to learn how to presuade people to join the church and learn foreign languages real fast, so no, its all geared to a Mormon belief system, the campus also has mormon rules, altho I am sure their may be one or to nonmormon people going there, they also must not smoke or drink and obey the rules.

Answer 5

I think you should enroll in BYU and thoroughly research these questions firsthand!