Pac-man94

Please tell me you're joking... I'd rather the anesthetist was, you know, keeping track of my vitals like he's supposed to be...

A large part of why the German system can offer completely taxpayer-funded tuition is the tracking system they use, where only certain students are given the chance to go to college - the test to determine this happens around the 4th grade, IIRC. Those who don't get tracked for college are put into voc/tech type training after high school. Is it really possible to have the same funding system without the structure to support it? If so, how?

Episcopalianism (Anglicanism) has a similar concept, that of the "three-legged stool" - faith being upheld by scripture, tradition, and reason. You can't have a balanced religion without considering all of those sources, and ignoring one leads to unbalanced worship that diverges from Christianity's essence.

Isn't part of the mystery and wonder of God's existence that He is beyond our full understanding? Having given my senior sermon on Trinity Sunday, my priest and I discussed this in-depth, and one thing he said stuck with me: "the Trinity is beyond defining, by the very nature of its existence. We simply can't comprehend the meaning of three-in-one and one-as-three, and by defining God based on your understanding, you put limits on your concept of God that don't exist in Him." I'm curious where you stand on this concept.

Kind of like if you see a bomb technician walking somewhere, don't follow him, but if you see him running, you better be right behind him?