Patrick Henry Is Turning In His Grave

Pangloss62 · 05-30-2006, 03:32 PM

It's been recently reported that Christocentric Patrick Henry College is suffering an exodus of faculty. Why such teachers decided to work there in the first place is beyond me; if they just read some of the school's Bible-based tenets, they never would have taken the job:

Creation. Any biology, Bible or other courses at PHC dealing with creation will teach creation from the understanding of Scripture that God's creative work, as described in Genesis 1:1-31, was completed in six twenty-four hour days. All faculty for such courses will be chosen on the basis of their personal adherence to this view. PHC expects its faculty in these courses, as in all courses, to expose students to alternate theories and the data, if any, which support those theories. In this context, PHC in particular expects its biology faculty to provide a full exposition of the claims of the theory of Darwinian evolution, intelligent design and other major theories while, in the end, teach creation as both biblically true and as the best fit to observed data.

http://www.phc.edu/

Perhaps the most ludicrous notion from above is that earth "...was completed in six twenty-four hour days." I can't think of ANY science teacher who would embrace such a notion. This is not just about the concept of evolution, it's about the principle of uniformitarianism, that the physical processes we observe today are the same processes that have always occurred. We know how long it takes, for example, for sediments to be deposited and to eventually become rock. More to the point, why even teach science at all if your entire world view is based on supernatural forces, virgin births, and someone "rising" from the dead? Where is the "observed data" on that?

richlevy · 05-30-2006, 06:58 PM

I noticed on their website that they are a "top ten conservative college". I sort of wonder what there definition is and if schools like Villanova and Notre Dame are even on that list.

edit: Nope. I don't even see Bob Jones University on the list. Either they got too liberal or they just plain suck.

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MaggieL · 05-30-2006, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

This is not just about the concept of evolution, it's about the principle of uniformitarianism, that the physical processes we observe today are the same processes that have always occurred.

How unbiblical. :-)

wolf · 05-30-2006, 11:14 PM

VanillaVulva (so re-named for the prevalence thereof on campus) is actually fairly liberal, despite the Catholic Church association. They let boys and girls attend class together and everything. A friend of mine has his MA in Theatre from there ... his undergrad was from #2 on the list, Grove City (chosen by him because of a 3:1 or 4:1 female-to-male enrollment), and he assured me that he did not lack for nookie in his undergrad years.

05-30-2006, 03:32 PM	#1
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	Patrick Henry Is Turning In His Grave It's been recently reported that Christocentric Patrick Henry College is suffering an exodus of faculty. Why such teachers decided to work there in the first place is beyond me; if they just read some of the school's Bible-based tenets, they never would have taken the job: Creation. Any biology, Bible or other courses at PHC dealing with creation will teach creation from the understanding of Scripture that God's creative work, as described in Genesis 1:1-31, was completed in six twenty-four hour days. All faculty for such courses will be chosen on the basis of their personal adherence to this view. PHC expects its faculty in these courses, as in all courses, to expose students to alternate theories and the data, if any, which support those theories. In this context, PHC in particular expects its biology faculty to provide a full exposition of the claims of the theory of Darwinian evolution, intelligent design and other major theories while, in the end, teach creation as both biblically true and as the best fit to observed data. http://www.phc.edu/ Perhaps the most ludicrous notion from above is that earth "...was completed in six twenty-four hour days." I can't think of ANY science teacher who would embrace such a notion. This is not just about the concept of evolution, it's about the principle of uniformitarianism, that the physical processes we observe today are the same processes that have always occurred. We know how long it takes, for example, for sediments to be deposited and to eventually become rock. More to the point, why even teach science at all if your entire world view is based on supernatural forces, virgin births, and someone "rising" from the dead? Where is the "observed data" on that? __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

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wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	VanillaVulva (so re-named for the prevalence thereof on campus) is actually fairly liberal, despite the Catholic Church association. They let boys and girls attend class together and everything. A friend of mine has his MA in Theatre from there ... his undergrad was from #2 on the list, Grove City (chosen by him because of a 3:1 or 4:1 female-to-male enrollment), and he assured me that he did not lack for nookie in his undergrad years. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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