College Students Want 'Our Lord' Phrase Off Diplomas
We read:
"A group of students at Trinity University in Texas wants the Christian-rooted school to remove the words "Our Lord" from their diplomas, the Houston Chronicle reported.
"A diploma is a very personal item, and people want to proudly display it in their offices and homes,” Sidra Qureshi, president of Trinity Diversity Connection, told the Chronicle. “By having the phrase ‘In the Year of Our Lord,' it is directly referencing Jesus Christ, and not everyone believes in Jesus Christ."
Qureshi, a Muslim student at the school, is leading the campaign to remove the words. The Board of Trustees is expected to vote on the matter during a meeting next month.
The school was founded by Presbyterians in 1869 and has been governed by an independent board of trustees since 1969.
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But I guess that "Allah" would not be objected to. That would be "racist"
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Uh...no. Don't remove it. It's a Christian University, he is trying to get them to abandon their Christian faith, while the student clings to their Muslim faith. It is hypocrisy. Imagine the reverse, a Fatwa would have been called down on a Christian student.
To echo anon 2:11, it is a Christian university. The muslim didn't have to go there. Second, muslims still recognize Jesus Christ although they believe he was a prophet rather than the son of God. Perhaps if more people refused to recognize the false religion of islam, this country would be a better place.
Change the phrase "in the year of our Lord" to "Anno Domini" as a test of the education the students received.
"Trinity" on the other hand - the school name - appears to have no Christian connotation at all to these ignoramuses.
Oh, don't worry. They'll be demanding a change to the University Name soon enough. I think the University probably needs to start only accepting Christian students (asusming they don't get federal aid that is). Once bitten, twice shy.
I supose they want it replaced with praises to their all mighty OBAMASES or perhaps GAIA the pagan deity worshipped by enviromentalist wackos and AL GORE
I am Jewish and find this completely stupid. I went to a Christian university and I really did not care if Jesus appeared on my diploma.
Pray to Jesus your fellow jews don't read your post.
I really don't care if they read it, Jewish hatred towards Christianity disturbs me.
""Trinity" on the other hand - the school name - appears to have no Christian connotation at all to these ignoramuses."
Of course not, Trinity is tha hot chick from zah Matrix flicks, ya dig?
:)
I am a Trinity graduate, and can't understand why a Muslim would choose to attend a school named "Trinity" and then claim to be offended by a reference to the Lord on his diploma. There are thousands of completely secular universities out there; if the Lord's name bothers you, then get your degree at one of those. Without its Christian founders, Trinity wouldn't even exist!
The difference that we ALL must keep in mind here is that Islam is not forgiving in any way, shape, or form. If I attended a university that had anything to do with Islam, and I requested that references to Allah be removed because I don't believe in Allah, I would probably be beheaded on the spot.
As an employee for a Christian university, I need to remind you all that it's all about the money. Christian universities can absolutely require their employees to be Christian and yet still accept non-Christian students. It is the students who give provide the university money while the employees take money away. If there is a risk of losing a student, then the university will do what it takes to retain that student. It's simple economics.
What needs to happen in this case is for alumni to refuse to contribute should the university take away a long-standing accepted tradition.
Are they going to remove "In the year of our Lord" from the U.S. Constitution? Yep, it's in there--a direct and absolute reference to Jesus Christ.
Even if one is an atheist or non-Christian, there should be little or no objection to 'AD' or 'Year of Our Lord' as it's a cultural tradition in english-speaking countries.
If I say the year is 2010, am I not implying a reference to Christ? What if I said the year was 5770? Or 1431? Or 99? Or 167?
Even if we refer to the year as 2010 CE instead of 2010 AD, it still is a reference to Christianity as a point of origin. In the US we could say this is the year 234-using 1776 as a reference point instead of the Gregorian idea of when Christ was born.
Anon 3:43,
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Eat that!
All the AD date represents is European hegemony over the world and the domination of the Christian religion in Europe's history (albeit a religion constantly at war with itself).
a religion constantly at war with itself
and humanity.
"A diploma is a very personal item, and people want to proudly display it in their offices and homes,"
No it is not! It is a PUBLIC document meant to recognize that you completed the curriculum within the standards of that school.
Anon 2:58 said, "All the AD date represents is European hegemony over the world and the domination of the Christian religion in Europe's history (albeit a religion constantly at war with itself)."
And by extension, the United States of America.
And because of Christianity's "hegemony over the world and the domination of the Christian religion in Europe's [and the U.S.'s] history" this means that the governments and institutions that use the phrase "in the year of our Lord" are rooted in that Christian hegemony. So that means flat-out that the United States Constitution was written by and for a government and institution that was rooted in Christianity. ie: The United States was founded as a Christian nation.
That it was founded "as" a Christian nation is debatable, but of course the prevailing culture was steeped in the Christian religion as it had evolved and "mutated" by the 18th century "AD".
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