The Ivory Tower

1, Is God a Ph.D.?

The deans of the big theological seminaries will close the door and lower their voices before talking about so delicate a subject; but it is a fact, and they will admit it, that in the main the students who are nowadays attracted to the ministry are not the brightest in the class. I do not know whether, in their nailbiting conferences on the subject, they have arrived at an answer why this should be: but I think I can give them a lead.