What's
In a Name?
In my neck of the woods, the north-eastern part of Texas,
there are two schools of higher education whose names have
always
caused me minor irritation...
TCU and SMU, also known as Texas Christian University and
Southern Methodist University. It's clear from their names
that some faucets of their information streams may be crimped
as certain modern scientific facts and/or philosophies
may not be considered Jesus-y
enough for malleable young matriculators. For us 'enlightened'
types the names of these colleges almost scream "Bronze
age taught here."
It's clear from the data that the U.S. is rapidly becoming
more secular, to the point where someday a freshmen on
campus might look at the sign over the door and
say "Who's
this
'Christian'
guy this place is named after?"
All I'm suggesting is that now would be as good as time
as any for these schools, and
many others like
them,
to
consider
re-branding
else they might soon find themselves as out of date as
Southern Mithra University or Texas Canaanite University.
=Lefty=
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