Comments on: “So Many Professors” To Tell Christians Not To Argue For Their Beliefs http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2012/08/so-many-professors-to-tell-christians-not-to-argue-for-their-beliefs/ A First Things Blog Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: teleologist http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2012/08/so-many-professors-to-tell-christians-not-to-argue-for-their-beliefs/#comment-21364 teleologist Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:58:46 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=12434#comment-21364 Wow what do we do with 2 Corinthians 10:5 and 1 Peter 3:15? Wow what do we do with 2 Corinthians 10:5 and 1 Peter 3:15?

]]> By: Matt Wilcoxen http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/2012/08/so-many-professors-to-tell-christians-not-to-argue-for-their-beliefs/#comment-21363 Matt Wilcoxen Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:08:35 +0000 http://firstthings.com/blogs/evangel/?p=12434#comment-21363 He probably has some timely nuggets for specific students in his course, but the email is very poorly written and unclear on a number of points. It's shocking to me that a University lecturer writing to such a large number of students could not write with more care and nuance. Anyways, I found this sentence particularly ironic, given the overall tone of his email: "For starters, the idea that a person—student or instructor—would instruct other students on how to behave, is pretty arrogant and grossly disrespects the rights of other students who can and want to think for themselves and decide for themselves whether they want to engage in the exchange of ideas or not." He probably has some timely nuggets for specific students in his course, but the email is very poorly written and unclear on a number of points. It’s shocking to me that a University lecturer writing to such a large number of students could not write with more care and nuance.

Anyways, I found this sentence particularly ironic, given the overall tone of his email:

“For starters, the idea that a person—student or instructor—would instruct other students on how to behave, is pretty arrogant and grossly disrespects the rights of other students who can and want to think for themselves and decide for themselves whether they want to engage in the exchange of ideas or not.”

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