Is the Bible the source of all truth?
No, according to two professors who until recently worked at Patrick Henry College. The professors wrote an article for the Virginia college’s student magazine, Source, in which they argued that there is value in reading books other than the Bible. “There is much wisdom to be gained from Parmenides and Plato, as well Machiavelli and Marx,” they wrote.
Truth in Machiavelli or—gasp!—Marx? A shocking notion, apparently, at this conservative Christian college.
Both professors resigned shortly after the article was published, according to Leesburg Today, a local newspaper. The paper quotes the college’s president as acknowledging that the professors’ article had prompted an “exchange of ideas.” Two other professors also resigned at the same time.
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