Topic category:  Culture

An increasing number of conservatives are getting on the bandwagon that formal education is not required.

Akin to Rousseau's theory of the noble savage, according to the perspective, you will remain morally superior if your mind remains unsullied by that particular pedagogical methodology.

Yet a perusal of the movement’s websites indicate college degrees are required for the sorts of positions advertised by these organizations.

Apparently CDL’s and HVAC certifications aren’t enough to qualify as policy analysts or communications professionals at think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, or the American Enterprise Institute.

At one time, the Family Research Council explicitly stated that a simple college degree was not sufficient.

The credential had to be an accredited college degree. Unless you happened to be Josh Duggar of course.

How is this mentality much different than that of the leftwing elitists where, though the conservative aristocrats might verbally extol the virtues of manual labor, they have no intention of welcoming individuals from the lower sorts unless they have been bred or at least indoctrinated through the same systematized epistemology through which they themselves passed?

Are most churches going to welcome into their pulpits those trained as bricklayers and electricians with a more intuitive understanding of God’s Word without transcripted study credits as signified by some sort of degree either through a traditional seminary or some manner of alternative distance education?

By Frederick Meekins

Frederick Meekins
Issachar Bible Church & Apologetics Research Institute

Biography - Frederick Meekins

Frederick Meekins is an independent theologian and social critic. Frederick holds a BS in Political Science/History, a MA in Apologetics/Christian Philosophy from Trinity Theological Seminary, and a PhD. in Christian Apologetics from Newburgh Theological Seminary.