Merv writes:
Despite Pagels' (and perhaps others here) wish that orthodoxy be dethroned (or at least be thrown open to validate everybody's input --although I doubt they really want that), such an agenda seems spiritually dangerous (to put it mildly). There is a place in a classroom to doubt and question an instructor -- especially if the students are peers of the instructor. But one can imagine the frustration among eager students, after they've paid good tuition money, of going to class only to have their more knowledgeable instructor grant floor time for every student to air their opinions.
Bob's comment: my Southern Baptist preacher brother-in-law's NT professor in seminary used this approach, which I have also followed: he informed his students that he would not allow class time to be used by any student to pursue a personal agenda, but he would be happy to meet with the student and anyone else outside of class to discuss any topic related to the NT. However, he would use the Greek text and not the KJV.
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