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Jun 7, 2019
9:19:49am

Sir_Ten All-American

I don't think anybody said anything about dumbed down

The question is should religion classes be made artificially difficult?

If you're taking A History of World Religions class, than yes it should be difficult

If you're attending a church owned university, that offers perspective on said church that no other public university may offer, and its supposed to be a spiritual supplementation to your secular studies, then it makes no sense to make it hard just for the sake of making it hard

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Sir_Ten

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Father in law was engineering prof and was told to make religion classes hard

jackryanslc

6/7/19 8:38am

I’m with you. This is just dumb.

6/7/19 8:41am

Why should a university-level religion class be dumbed down? This isn't Seminary.

kccougar

6/7/19 8:43am

I don't think anybody said anything about dumbed down

Sir_Ten

6/7/19 9:19am

And nothing in the original post said anything about making it artificially difficult

kccougar

6/7/19 9:31am

Also, religion classes are 2 credits, but some of my religion professors

fredgarvin

6/7/19 10:48am

Its also not a Theology degree if it were then ok. Its not.

6/8/19 12:29am

If you want academics create a divinity or theology degree.

Archaea

6/8/19 3:48pm

As a BYUI online only student, I can attest that the online religion classes

UberDeek

6/7/19 8:43am

Amen

KingDave

6/7/19 10:31am

"This religion class is too hard" is not a real problem. Sorry for moralizing

rcbyufan

6/7/19 8:45am

Why wouldn't we expect BYU classes to be rigorous--all classes for that matter.

Incentivize

6/7/19 8:46am

I worked so hard in my NT classes.

Gil Buckman

6/7/19 8:49am

I agree with you. As a side not, I had an engineering professor at BYU that also

cougarfan84

6/7/19 8:49am

"Make your religion classes as challenging as an engineering class" -I bet it was said by someone with a

Bert609

6/7/19 8:49am

I took Ludlow’s Isaiah class. It was good. Dude wore 70’s leisure suits.

PJMort

6/7/19 8:55am

I wish I was a freshman and could have taken it. I selected it at at time when I struggled mightily

Bert609

6/7/19 8:59am

Great point, can't have it both ways. Either accredited or not.

Mitty

6/7/19 11:21am

Religion is accredited? But is taught as a seminary not

Archaea

6/7/19 7:12pm

Yes, religion is part of the accrediation at BYU and none of my religion classes were taught "like Seminary"

Bert609

6/8/19 12:30am

Have you ever taken a Divinity class elsewhere?

Archaea

6/8/19 2:08pm

I probably had him then. Some of my religion classes were ridiculously hard.

Ragnar Danneskjold

6/7/19 8:53am

I stopped taking religion classes at BYU. They bugged me.

CocaColaRecovery

6/7/19 8:56am

wait, the objective was to help kids feel the spirit? not to stress them out

smokymountainrain

6/7/19 9:07am

Glad that worked for you. Pound for pound, however, the best teachers in the Chu

Incentivize

6/7/19 9:14am

They could transfer? I have family member who went to Ricks freshman year and

j20

6/7/19 9:15am

Difficult BYU religion classes saved my testimony.

Gorgias

6/7/19 9:45am

I loved my religion classes, the professors were next level scriptorians and

palangi

6/7/19 10:16am

Religion classes at BYU were as good as it gets. I loved my experience there, and institute classes at usu were a

MaxxPower

6/7/19 10:44pm

I felt that Religion Classes were 2 hours of credit but 4-5 credit hours of work

BYUtka

6/7/19 9:01am

This is so far from believable

rcbyufan

6/7/19 9:14am

It's true. They are only two credit hours each. You can look it up.

BYUtka

6/7/19 9:19am

I believe rcbyufan is doubting the 12-15 hours/wk of homework, not the 2 credits

Gorum the Old

6/7/19 9:26am

Depends on the instructor

fredgarvin

6/7/19 10:51am

Same...once I realized I could.

BYUtka

6/7/19 11:33am

If you take away my grades from my BYU religion classes

RenoCoug

6/7/19 9:04am

That would mean you graduated with around a 1.8 GPA(C-) in your religion classes

BYUheaven

6/7/19 9:29am

ashamed to admit it

RenoCoug

6/7/19 10:06am

then, please accept my apologies.

BYUheaven

6/7/19 10:11am

I just had a mental block with religion classes

RenoCoug

6/7/19 10:23am

i wonder how many of the professors who teach religion from outside the religion

v1k0u6

6/7/19 9:10am

My second half BOM class with a math professor was very difficult

BlackBart

6/7/19 9:15am

Have they gotten harder since the late 90's? Some were busy but still easy.

Colorado

6/7/19 9:22am

Some of the most ridiculous doctrine I’ve ever been taught was at BYU religion

Josef K

6/7/19 9:23am

Such as?

The Machine

6/7/19 9:25am

I learned that Rome fell because of the gays.

Jeremy

6/7/19 9:32am

LOL. Yeah. I remember being taught about how wicked Pompeii was.

The Machine

6/7/19 9:35am

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6/7/19 9:43am

That dinosaurs came from other planets, that the earth was physically moved

Josef K

6/7/19 9:34am

That's why engineering professors should only teach engineering.

ditch

6/8/19 12:16am

Perhaps my experience was unique, but most of my religion classes were simply

TheLoanArranger

6/7/19 9:26am

25 years ago there was simply too much variance in difficulty

Joe Banks

6/7/19 9:37am

This is one of the biggest problem with religion classes at BYU.

Gorum the Old

6/7/19 9:43am

They're teaching life skills. Are you smart enough to figure out which classes

rcbyufan

6/7/19 9:45am

I had a religion class from a professor who gave us closed-book take home tests

Northwest Cougar

6/7/19 9:37am

This is the biggest problem with religion classes. I don't know why, but it

Gorum the Old

6/7/19 10:17am

My Hardest Religion class was much easier than the easiest class in my major.

Gorum the Old

6/7/19 9:38am

In my opinion, the problem is the inconsistency. There's a reason certain courses fill up before the others. My freshman

jaromp

6/7/19 10:06am

i knew some people that seemed offended they could be graded in a religion class

buckeyecougarguy

6/7/19 10:13am

My favorite religion classes were taught by someone with a non-BYU PhD in

Murray

6/7/19 10:15am

My favorite religion classes at BYU were taught by the same professor and...

Homercles

6/7/19 10:22am

Sounds like we made have had the same prof

Gil Buckman

6/7/19 10:27am

I took a D&C class from H. Dean Garrett and it was a very enjoyable class. He

cougarfan84

6/7/19 10:37am

Having a ton of 4.0 students with 4 years of seminary come into a Book of Mormon

Fdnman

6/7/19 11:15am

Grading a non-academic class is ridiculous

Archaea

6/7/19 4:30pm

Bro. Randy Hayes got ticked at our class part way through the semester and told us we’d regret it.

Q-grr

6/7/19 7:40pm

If you don’t teach it on par with academia do t grade it so

Archaea

6/7/19 8:28pm

Drop them to a single credit then.

Q-grr

6/8/19 1:09pm

Pass/fail

Archaea

6/8/19 3:39pm

Lol Mods moved my post about this to Religion topic... so disingenuous

VballDad

6/7/19 10:51pm

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