Loading ...Clueless PC guys mad at Texas college
flockwoodGotta love this story.
An alumnus of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas is angry because there’s a highly-offensive religious reference on his diploma.
Oddly enough, he’s not mad about the word Trinityappearing at the top in big fancy letters. “Trinity,” according to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, is a:
“traditional Christian doctrine…commonly expressed as the claim that the one God “exists as” Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, or as the claim that there are three divine persons “in” God, or as the claim that God “exists in three Persons”.
[The name Trinity appealed to the school's Presbyterian founders, in part, because the school was created after three smaller Presbyterian schools merged. But the founders hardly unaware of the religious significance of the term.]
The alumnus is also unbothered, apparently, by the reference on his sheepskin to Fernando Martins de Bulhões, also known as St. Anthony or San Antonio. Yes, before San Antonio was a Spur or a city or a Riverwalk, he was a Catholic Saint.
So why is the alumnus in a dither? Because the diploma contains the phrase “in the year of our Lord” to indicate the date the degree was earned.
Here’s what the AP says.
TX students want ‘Our Lord’ removed from diplomas
03/29/2010
Associated Press
Some Trinity University students want the San Antonio school to drop the words “Our Lord” from their diplomas — saying the reference doesn’t respect the diversity of religions on campus.
Sidra Qureshi, a Muslim student and president of Trinity Diversity Connection, tells the San Antonio Express-News that the wording should be tweaked. The student government agrees, and school trustees are expected to consider the request in May.
Other students and President Dennis Ahlburg say references to the school’s Presbyterian roots are appropriate and unobtrusive. Founded in 1869, Trinity has been governed by an independent board since 1969 but maintains a “covenant relationship” with the church.
March 30th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
As a private institution, Trinity U has every right to put “Our Lord” on the diplomas that it awards. By the same token, Trinity U has every right to listen to its students and make changes as it so desires. If someone who is currently affiliated with the school is out of line for making this objection, what does that say about someone who is NOT affiliated about the school, objecting to the objection?
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Of course, Trinity University has the right to put whatever it wants on its diploma (nice straw man). But everyone else has the right to point out the silliness of their attempt to kowtow to the PC gods. The concept of the trinity is an abomination to muslims. Why aren’t they asking to expunge that?
New PC diploma:
UNIVERSITY
On this twenty fourth day in the fifth month of the year of our two thousand and ten,…
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Try that again…
New PC diploma:
[deleted] UNIVERSITY
On this twenty fourth day in the fifth month of the year of our [deleted] two thousand and ten,…
April 3rd, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Rob Roy sez: “The concept of the trinity is an abomination to muslims.”
Duh. Everything not muslim is an abomination to muslims. And yet the presence of mosques and muslims here is not an abomination to Christians.
April 5th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Well said, Caleb.
April 5th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Thanks, John. As I’ve said before, we don’t always disagree on everything . . . LOL.