"All Things Considered" segment on Bible discrepancies.

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What do you mean by "non-consensual"? That they are forced by the evidence to change views that they cherish?

No. It often happens that a conclusion based on a study is not generally accepted in its entirety by other experts, so there is no consensus that allows for a speedy adjustments in already assumed view(s) disseminated to the schools or churches.

 

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No. It often happens that a conclusion based on a study is not generally accepted in its entirety by other experts, so there is no consensus that allows for a speedy adjustments in already assumed view(s) disseminated to the schools or churches.

But that's not exactly relevant to the topic of the OP, which is that many clergy are learning about the historical origins of the faith and scriptures in their professional training, but are not passing that on from the pulpit. Sure, some of that info may be highly speculative, but much of it is also quite stable over a long period of time.

 

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But that's not exactly relevant to the topic of the OP, which is that [/hilite]many clergy are learning about the historical origins of the faith and scriptures in their professional training, but are not passing that on from the pulpit.[/hilite] Sure, some of that info may be highly speculative, but much of it is also quite stable over a long period of time.

Well, I can only take into account what the OP offers. The study in question was conducted at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where the students got surely familiar with it. But there is no mentioning in the OP whether other schools http://www.univsource.com/theology.htm accepted the result of the study in preference of their own research and taught it to their own students so they could pass it on from the pulpits. Th.D.s are like Ph.D.s: they like to teach their own stuff -- you wouldn't hear much of the String Theory from the professor who heavily contributed to the development of the Standard Model.

The idea in the OP that the majority of theology students were taught the subject but failed to pass it on due to their own decision lacks necessary support. Can you point me to it in case I missed it?

 

[Didaktylos]

Very interesting. I'll pose a semi-snarky hypothesis: Professionally schooled clergy have a well developed cognitive dissonance about the historically obvious man-made origins of faith and scripture, but the flock can't or shouldn't be bothered with trying to overcome that. If you want to keep them in the pews (and keep your sinecure), then don't go mixing a dose of reality into the emotionally powerful devotional recipe.

I think what we've got here is a mystery cult with a hierarchy of initiation levels. Discussion of some matters is reserved to Higher level initiates in tyled conclave.

 

[paiute]

I see excommunications and schisms in the future.

"English was good enough for Jesus, so it's good enough for me."

 

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Well, I can only take into account what the OP offers. The study in question was conducted at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where the students got surely familiar with it. But there is no mentioning in the OP whether other schools http://www.univsource.com/theology.htm accepted the result of the study in preference of their own research and taught it to their own students so they could pass it on from the pulpits. Th.D.s are like Ph.D.s: they like to teach their own stuff -- you wouldn't hear much of the String Theory from the professor who heavily contributed to the development of the Standard Model.

The idea in the OP that the majority of theology students were taught the subject but failed to pass it on due to their own decision lacks necessary support. Can you point me to it in case I missed it?

I have no such information. I'm speaking hypothetically. I don't really know how much your average seminarian or student of Divinity or Theology actually learns about the historical origins of their faith and scripture.

As a matter of fact, from what I've heard listening to clerics over the years, many are very ill-educated in these matters. Yes, they may have their bible well-memorized, but they may also have been as studiously steered away from factual history as they do for their parishioners.