Lake Ingle was a typical teenager, hoping to pursue higher education after graduating from high school. Initially wanting to play sports in college, Ingle choose Indiana University of Pennsylvania to pursue this dream. However, after Lake realized his athletic abilities weren’t good enough to compete at this level of competition, Ingle decided to turn his attention toward academics.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh, Genesis 2:24.
Now a senior, this religious studies major made national news for being kicked out of class recently. During a Christianity 481: Self, Sin and Salvation lecture, Ingle became offended by something professor Alison Downie taught. After a 20 minute video on mansplaining, sexism from men and male privilege, professor Downie asked students for their thoughts. When none of the women spoke up, Lake stood up for his beliefs which are supported by the Bible, claiming there are only 2 genders. For acting upon his conviction, Lake Ingle has been barred from this class, citing the class disruption policy at IUP.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. Proverbs 18:22.
A little over 20 years ago, I moved from the mid-west to seek a masters in theological studies on the east coast. During a visit to one of my potential seminaries, I meet with the dean of academics of a school in Pennsylvania. During this conversation, I interrupted this woman briefly to reply to a shocking comment. Instead of studying the Bible in its proper historical context, this school believed in allowing each student to come up with different conclusions on their own. In the other words, there is no absolute truth. Whenever I hear reports from institutions of higher learning like at IUP, this crisis of faith is a by product of the elimination of absolute truths. Unless this trend is reversed, the term higher education will merely be a word, not reality.
by Jay Mankus
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