A Christian university--Trinity University--in Texas is being asked by students to remove "In the year of our Lord" from their diplomas.
Let's see... what part of Christian University is not understood? What part of Christian leaves out Jesus?
Naturally it would be a Muslim student who considers it right and proper to even ask that the words be removed from the diploma all because "not every one believes in Jesus". I'm thinking that this person isn't Christian. So what possessed him (or her, I'm not sure what gender) to go to the university in the first place?
Get this...
The school's student government association and a commencement committee already has thrown their support behind the proposal.
I must wonder if any of those students have ever read 2 Tim 1:8 Then do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, His prisoner. But suffer hardship with the gospel, according to the power of God...
Or did they ever read 2 Tim 1:12 For which cause I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to guard my deposit until that Day.
They want to "proudly display (their) diploma", which is a virtual admission that if the words "year of our Lord" are on it, they won't be proud to display it. How incredibly sad.
It leads me to question the intelligence of the student, the student government association and the commencement committee. I understand there are some reasons a non-believer would go to a Christian school. Perhaps, it has the best reputation for certain curricula, but if one goes to Rome, one does not ask the Emperor to change clothes.
Asking an institution to change what is close to the heart of more than one hundred years of Christian identity just because "we want to be proud to display our diploma and not everyone believes in Jesus" is beyond the pale of indignity; it is down right blushing.
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I was just reading about this elsewhere. As it turns out, it is NOT a Christian college. (Yeah, yeah, I know, it has the word "Trinity" in it. But ...) Like so many colleges before it, this particular college started in connection with the church but eventually slipped itself free. More saddening to me is the fact that the college itself wants no connection to the Church that started it.
As for "In the Year of our Lord", what nonsense! So we take off the phrase ... so what? The date will still be from the year (or so) of Jesus's birth. The "AD" reference has been in place for centuries and even now when secular people try to get around it they use "C.E." which simply means "common era" which, oh, by the way, starts with Jesus's birth. What lunacy!
Actually, it was a Christian college and still has a covenant with the church. Reading the About Us page, it didn't sound to me like the college officials wanted a break with the church, it sounded like student pressuring... meaning $$$ reasons. That to me is the saddest of all.
It boils down to where we draw the line. Maybe it's not a big deal... but, maybe it is because more and more I'm seeing people say that America is not a Christian nation and not built on Christian foundation. That isn't true, but the more it is said, the more people believe. So where do we draw the line?
FYI, see here for more information on the schools move away from religious affiliation.
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