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philosophyjeff

From the President of Patrick Henry College

Jan 21, 2007 04:56

"The faculty at Patrick Henry College equip students to know the world clearly, and to see it, as much as possible, the way God sees it-which is the way it really is. In the face of today’s “postmodern” relativism, they insist on accountability to facts, defending reason because of faith. They are not afraid of facts, because ultimately the facts ( Read more... )

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And because I can't resist... philosophyjeff January 21 2007, 10:02:00 UTC

1.1 Statement of Faith ( ... )

Re: And because I can't resist... util January 21 2007, 10:12:54 UTC

Did you get an offer from these people? I wonder what Patrick Henry would think about this.

Re: And because I can't resist... philosophyjeff January 21 2007, 10:48:54 UTC

Did you get an offer from these people?

Ah, no. No, no, no. I don't want an offer and they don't want to give me one. It really is best that way.

rachiestar January 21 2007, 10:49:27 UTC

Well. Glad someone cleared that up for me.

philosophyjeff January 22 2007, 14:20:10 UTC

I watched a special on these folks one time. Eye-opening material.

meleah January 21 2007, 14:43:54 UTC

Well at least they're not making my favourite evangelical mistake. Blaming science and Einstein for all of the modern world's evil 'relativism'. Because that's truly hilarious.

philosophyjeff January 22 2007, 14:19:06 UTC

Well, this is just a sampling. Who knows what futher excretions lie in wait for discovery?

spoonless January 22 2007, 07:58:17 UTC

"The fear of the Lord excludes the fear of true knowledge."

Wait, wasn't the apple Eve bites into in the Bible supposed to represent the forbidden fruit of knowledge? I thought knowledge was the ultimate sin, now it's fashionably Christian again? I can't keep up!

philosophyjeff January 22 2007, 14:14:41 UTC

A number of differently contortioned responses suggest themselves. Metaphysics can be funny.