Correlation rant
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:57 pm
I visited the Colorado School of Mines yesterday. The school and their programs are impressive. On the wall in a darkened hall of their library, I found vintage photographs of men's sports teams from the 1910's and 20's. The shelves throughout the place are lined with any and all books on engineering. Everything from heat transfer in pumps to treatment polymers can be found. A single isle of books among the sea of science will provide you with a fleeting glimpse of the humanities. Lord Byron slept in dust near the bottom shelf, under the blinking and dying fluorescents.
The school provides its students with a humanities package in order to fulfill the engineering accreditation requirements. As a student, you will be rushed and herded through this little packaged program in order to keep you on track and fulfill your scientific destiny. This reminded me of my own humanities education. It seems like yesterday, I was being tested on my recall of works by Monet vs Manet. Why did their names have to be so similar? I just wanted to be done with this online class.
I look back at my religious experience the same way I look at my humanities education. The evil dragon, LDS Correlation packages our religious education in hopes to protect us. All the while, and unbeknownst to us, they actually destroy and canker. Their packaged programs stifle us and control. Exploration is not only discouraged, the very channels to do so are blocked from view.
Long live Mormonism! Fast death to Smaug, the Correlation.
Have a fabulous day!
Zee.
The school provides its students with a humanities package in order to fulfill the engineering accreditation requirements. As a student, you will be rushed and herded through this little packaged program in order to keep you on track and fulfill your scientific destiny. This reminded me of my own humanities education. It seems like yesterday, I was being tested on my recall of works by Monet vs Manet. Why did their names have to be so similar? I just wanted to be done with this online class.
I look back at my religious experience the same way I look at my humanities education. The evil dragon, LDS Correlation packages our religious education in hopes to protect us. All the while, and unbeknownst to us, they actually destroy and canker. Their packaged programs stifle us and control. Exploration is not only discouraged, the very channels to do so are blocked from view.
Long live Mormonism! Fast death to Smaug, the Correlation.
Have a fabulous day!
Zee.