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Education in any subject, whether or not you personally agree with its usefulness, is more valuable than sitting around playing with toys for children.

2007-08-09 08:11:11 · answer #1 · answered by solarius 7 · 2 1

I am a non-denominational Christian and a teacher of the manuscripts.
I would answer mold things with play-doh.
At seminaries, they tell the graduates to just put away what they have learned, and just go out and preach "jesus".
My question is this:
There are two "jesus" coming. Which one
are you going to teach?
A person's credentials for teaching the Word of God, is first of all being led of the Holy Spirit, and secondly knowing that Scripture along with the necessary languages, the History of the times, the idioms or figures of speech used in the Hebrew, ones in the Greek, also those of the Chaldee.
Seminary is not gonna cut it if they learn the Bible and then just go out and some deacon board tells them what they are allowed and not allowed to bring up as a sermon in Church.
What ends up happening is what you see today; they sit you in a pew for sometimes 30 years and teach the same messages over and over again: baptism, salvation, ten commandments. They are great, but should be learned in the first two weeks or so in Church. Then they should be moving on to the meat of Gods Word - that sustains and grows a Christian into a useful vessel to do the Fathers Work. But no, just more milk for baby Christians who never grow past that point. If I had an employee who worked for me for 30 years and still only knew one weeks worth of the job, I'd fire him on the spot, and so would you.
Yet this is what is done in the Churches, and the tired congregation just half-asleep
repeats the line from the little booklet at the appropriate time -- maybe the priest gets up there and says one line of Scripture like:
"Thou shalt not steal; what does this mean to us as Christians today?" Then he goes on for twenty minutes about why people shouldn't steal and why God is not happy with those who steal. Baby milk. Pablum.
Nothing more.
And if that Pastor or Priest wanted to teach the meat of the Word, the Deacon board would have a fit. They would probably lose their job, their status in the Community, their retirement, everything.
You figure if you get one or two verses out of the Bible per week, how long would it take you to actually get the whole Bible in?
And then it would be all jumbled up and out of context anyway.

I'll go with the play-doh.
Anyone who disagrees with me, are welcome to answer this simple Bible question, and I bet you get not one single accurate answer even from those who sit in the pew week after week: Ready?
Who was the father of either or both of these people:
Cain and Abel.
I bet you not one correct answer, and that will be my reason why the bachelors degree in theology is not very valuable: because they are not allowed to teach beyond the milk and pablum.

2007-08-09 08:22:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

No. It gives you great insight into how humans think. It is a valuable endeavor and can lead to a lucrative lifestyle (if you can live with yourself doing so). Think about setting up a church in a high-income area. Get yourself a couple of thousand sheep. At 10% each you can live like a king – and all tax free!

2016-05-18 00:14:14 · answer #3 · answered by elna 3 · 0 0

I've earned a M.Th., but I'm not a very creative artist. I wasn't good with Play-Doh. My thing was the Slinky. During my pastoring days, people attending church social functions always seem to enjoy my Slinky tricks more than they liked my theological insights.

2007-08-10 05:52:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Why would you want to demean the ability to mold things with play-doh?

2007-08-10 02:27:26 · answer #5 · answered by Iconoclast 3 · 0 0

Ability to mold things with a degree in theology.

yay origami

2007-08-09 08:10:12 · answer #6 · answered by JordTeic 3 · 2 0

The theology degree. You can then get a job as a preacher, and relieve the faithful of their surplus funds.

2007-08-09 08:10:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

I'd go with the degree. I really don't see why so many people are bashing studying theology.

2007-08-09 08:21:40 · answer #8 · answered by xx. 6 · 1 1

ability to mold things with play-doh

that may come in handy any day

2007-08-09 08:09:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

hu,hu,hu,hu,hu, you're funney, Oh what I wouldn't give for a bucket of play-doh right now , perhaps I could sculpt a tablet and drag a stick threw it to indicate the likeness of the ten it would take to find heaven...

2007-08-09 11:47:20 · answer #10 · answered by darkcloud 6 · 0 1

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