“Blissfully unaware of the inherent contradiction”

Read the article in The Chronicle of Higher Education by “Ed Dante,” a pseudonym for a man hired by college undergrads and grad students to do their writing assignments. Though the article isn’t limited to ministerial students in seminary, they’re included:

I do a lot of work for seminary students. I like seminary students. They seem so blissfully unaware of the inherent contradiction in paying somebody to help them cheat in courses that are largely about walking in the light of God and providing an ethical model for others to follow. I have been commissioned to write many a passionate condemnation of America's moral decay as exemplified by abortion, gay marriage, or the teaching of evolution. All in all, we may presume that clerical authorities see these as a greater threat than the plagiarism committed by the future frocked.

He writes, “From my experience, three demographic groups seek out my services: the English-as-second-language student; the hopelessly deficient student; and the lazy rich kid.” I’m guessing his seminary student-clients aren’t the first and third categories. Meaning that there’ll be churches out there soon led by the hopelessly deficient and the ethically questionable.

HT: Christianity Today