Day +1664 : They say, you say, I say

I am fine today.

I am from engineering and computing background in which the study involved maths and science a lot and thus, most of the theories that we studied were provable and practical. So we don't have to memorize much.

Studying in the Bible seminary is quite different. We have to study Bible, history, geography, culture and understanding some philosophies. Good memory do have a role here. Though there are practical subjects, a lot of the study involved understanding of the discussion of various topics by various theologians. The argument of a topic may result in totally opposite conclusion, so in the end (there might be no end in fact) the topic discussed is open ended, in which an unanimous conclusion couldn't be reached.

One of the purposes of the seminary study is to get the student into the process of understanding what various peoples say about a topic and then participate in the discussion through the writing of academic articles. We have to understand the various arguments and then propose our stand. Where we stand might not be really important in most cases but the important thing is how we arrive to the conclusion.

The above process can be described in 6 words - "they say, you say, I say".

What others say? What the lecturers stay? And now it is my turn - what I have to say?

See you next post :-)