If it's really true, that the museum at Liberty University has dinosaur fossils which are labelled as being 3000 years old, then that is an educational disgrace. It is debauching the whole idea of a university, and I would strongly encourage any members of Liberty University who may be here... to leave and go to a proper university.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker criticizes labeling dinosaur fossils as ancient, calling it a disgrace to education and urging students to leave.
- In plain terms
- Labeling old fossils as young is bad teaching and students should leave such schools.
- What can you take from it?
- Reject educational institutions that teach falsehoods.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes education valuable?
- How should universities handle faith?
Another view
Some students may lack alternatives to such institutions.
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