False Educational Superiority round 2

In light of my last post, I thought about this a little more and realized that the overarching idea extends beyond the religiously educated. It goes to all people with degrees and advanced degrees.

My motto during college and seminary was that a PhD did not necessarily mean that my professors were smarter than me, only more educated. And education is not the best indicator of intelligence. Though getting a bachelors, masters, and doctorate does require some sort of intelligence to keep getting accepted at different schools and work your way up the learning ladder, it does not mean that they are the smartest person in the room.

I am not saying that professors do not deserve the honor and respect of a Doctor, because they have worked hard to get there and if they desire to be called doctor and have proper etiquette classroom for a doctor to their students, so be it they've earned it.

What I am saying is that just because a doctor said it does not mean that it is true. How often do we hear of people getting second opinions from an MD, only to get a different diagnosis or prognosis? This happens and we need to acknowledge that advance degrees don't mean you are always right.

All of this is to say, challenge the process. Challenge the answers you get. Challenge, challenge, challenge ... and when all else fails challenge. Make those in authority prove things to you, especially when they don't sound quite right. If people never challenged anything we'd live on a flat planet with all the cosmos revolving around us. Instead we have a round planet that orbits a sun that sustains life on this planet (not that there was a time that this wasn't true, just a time when it wasn't believed to be true).

So challenge them and work to get your own PhD so that some day they have to listen to you. Oh, and when I say that I'm right because I "have a masters in this stuff" just believe me, because I am right. :) :) :)