Critical thinking? Nope. Dogma only. And exactly what course was he teaching? I would hate to think a non-theology prof would dabble in religious opinions while in the classroom. Two reasons for this... (1) he's not paid for his opinion (2) he's probably not qualified either. But, if he's a professor of theology, I stand behind him and say, "give him his job back!" If he teaches any other non-related subject, I say, "let the bum go." Remember... employees are fired all the time for lesser crimes than classroom religion. I think someone needs to read article again. There's something missing in this little bit of reporting. At present, it's no more that a rather boring he-said she-said sort of affair with a bit of religion thrown in to spice it up. He is wrong. The people alive at the time, belived that the story of Adam and Eve was true, and that belief shaped western civalization in that period of history. I believe there must be something more to this story than is being reported. If he was fired for what he says is the reason his rights were violated. I don't care if the Adam and Eve story is true or not. That is not the point here. sounds like another law suit to me.theres so much thats hard to believe what do you believe There's a lot we don't know about the professor but his own words (concerning himself) condemn him as an egotistical maniac who has a much inflated view of himself and his importance. Quote: ""I'm just a little bit shocked myself that a college in good standing would back up students who insist that people who have been through college and have a master's degree, a couple actually, have to teach that there were such things as talking snakes or lose their job," Bitterman said." Let me get this straight, you guys actually believe the Adam n Eve story as literal? Does this include the Noah's Ark story, Jonah and the whale story, and the Moses parting the red sea story? Because I really would like to know what level of education and intelligence we are dealing with here ... So do I!! Did phillip really allude to one not being "qualified" to teach/speak of theology? rofl. I whole-heartedly believe that all the Bible stories happened as they are told. I have 2 BA degrees and neither are in religious studies. Actually, as far as the parting of the red sea parting, it's possible. I watched some history or biography channel analysis of that story which said that at the time when Moses lived, the red sea was much shallower than it is today. It's possible that a strong (very strong) wind may have blown after a drought and exposed a strip of land for a period of time. Was it an act of God? Doubtful. But I imagine to ancient people, it must have seemed like it. I don't pretend to know God's mind, but I just don't think He works that way. you can't attribute every stroke of good luck to God, nor can you blame Him for every misfortune. @ hudgal1 Even if you accept the possibility of a strip of land drying up because of a rare weather condition it does nothing to support the story of Moses. The bible reports Moses actively splitting the sea and the chasing army being captured within it when the water was released. At best you can expose the bible as the mythology it is - fantastical stories based on exaggerated truths. Picture something like that happening in such an ignorant era. Leaders and soothsayers would be compelled to create mythology to explain it and with each retelling of the story the exaggerations would grown. This does not even begin to explain the lack of any historical evidence to support any of the Mos... Actually, I agree with you. The stories of the bible are ancient people's interpretation of thing as they saw them. Personally, I believe in God as Einstein, Hawking, and Sagan did (or does, in Hawking's case). I don't believe that God gets involved. I do believe He set up the laws of nature and physics and let us take it from there. I'm not saying certain bible stories or true or untrue, because honestly, I don't have any more divine insight than any of you. I'm just pointing out that it IS possible, although we have no scientific proof one way or the other. Like Hawking says about God creating the universe, it's possible. It isn't provable one way or the other. I'm not ruling it out. (Pa... The original article is no longer available, so I don't have it to go on, but if this was a public college and not a private, religiously affiliated institution, they had no business making a judgement on that basis. |
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