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William Lane Craig's last math class was in high school?!
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William Lane Craig's last math class was in high school?!
He graduated from Wheaton College with a bachelor's degree in Communications:

http://www.reasonablefaith.org/william-l...ulum-vitae

However, that degree does not require any courses in mathematics:

http://www2.wheaton.edu/Registrar/catalo....htm#Major

Therefore, the only math courses that Craig would have had to take would be the following:


Quote:Quantitative Skills - (0-2 hours)
The student will be able to demonstrate an appropriate skill level in the following areas: 1) basic statistics, 2) simple algebra, 3) calculator usage, 4) areas and volumes, 5) ratio and proportion, 6) exponential growth and decay, 7) spreadsheets, 8) counting, 9) dimensions and units, 10) function and basic calculus concepts. This requirement must be completed by the end of the sophomore year.
[Image: ug_acad_policies_image001.png]       Pass QUANTITATIVE SKILLS TEST offered by the Mathematics Department during Orientation and during the A Quad of each semester (waives requirement; no credit)
        OR
[Image: ug_acad_policies_image001.png]       Pass MATH 101 Quantitative Skills (2)
        OR
[Image: ug_acad_policies_image001.png]       Pass one of the following courses at Wheaton or transfer in credit for one of the following:
                                MATH 221 Applied Calculus (4)
                                MATH 231 Calculus I (4)
                                MATH 232 Calculus II (4)
                                MATH 233 Calculus I (2)
                                MATH 263 Introduction to Statistics (4)
 
Students with AP Calculus AB score of 3, 4, or 5, or AP Calculus BC score of 2, 3, 4, or 5 or IB Mathematics HL score of 5 or greater meet competency requirement.


http://www2.wheaton.edu/Registrar/catalo...quirements

But, if Craig simply took the "quantitative skills test", he would not have had to take any math classes in college, which means that his most recent math class was from high school!

Now, one of the classes at Wheaton in the Communications depart is called, "COMM 171: Intro to Acting (Spring, 2)".  Of course, colleges change their degree requirements from time to time, but degree requirements are, for the most part, fairly static.  In addition, none of Craig's "advanced" degree programs were in the area of mathematics or even required mathematics, which means that his last math class was from high school!
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RE: William Lane Craig's last math class was in high school?!
No math since high school? Lucky him. I know some people think math is imortant, but it SUCKS, and we have calculators now. That's one of the few things man made computers do better than us anyway.
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RE: William Lane Craig's last math class was in high school?!
Good for him.
Math is tedious, unrewarding and repetitive. Avoid it like plague Tongue
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#4
RE: William Lane Craig's last math class was in high school?!
Wheaton College?
Wow, that bastard was only about a half hour away from me. Undecided
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#5
RE: William Lane Craig's last math class was in high school?!
Ok. Why is this interesting?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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Maths is the only subject I can do that matters! Big Grin
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RE: William Lane Craig's last math class was in high school?!
I wish my last math class was in high school
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RE: William Lane Craig's last math class was in high school?!
Well, somehow the point got lost on the way. At least it's lost on me.

What does William Lane Craig not having math since school to do with anything?
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RE: William Lane Craig's last math class was in high school?!
Trying to say he isn't very smart? Or not as smart as he should be? I don't know what job he has, but does it normally require high math skills?
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: William Lane Craig's last math class was in high school?!
Doesn't matter even if he took science classes in college. ALL religions pull the tactics of when they cant flat out debunk science they try to co opt science claiming it points to their club and their holy writings. There are tons of religious apologists in Christianity and Jewish and Hindu and Islam and Buddhist, but they all do it.

Ben Carson has a medical degree and he denies evolution.
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