Ok /his/ story time
>be me last year Junior theology class ( fuck off I'm 18 now )
>my theology teacher is fucking idiot
>gets asked a question about the moral teachings of the church ie gay marriage ect
>this kid who asks the question is a smart kid can debate fairly well sometimes we debate theology together
>he's Agnostic I'm Catholic
>my teacher gives FUCKING 5 MINUTE ANSWERS TO QUESTION I COULD ANSWER IN 30 SECONDS
>Doesn't know answers to questions he should expect to be asked
>dodges questions stumbles on words
>completely stumped
>I always leave his class pissed that I know more about theology than MY FUCKING THEOLOGY TEACHER
>I talk to the kid after school to have actually intelligent discussions on theology since my teacher can't
>more kids who are more intellectual join in
>we pretty much have our own theology debate club because of this fucking teacher can't satisfy us
Anyone else have stories about terrible theology/history teachers you had
>>916731
In 9th grade my history teacher tried to convince me that Rome was the biggest empire ever by land area.
>>916758
Never heard of Mongolia huh
>>916773
That was the first thing I mentioned, but she said it technically didn't count because it was "actually four seperate khanates." I thought that was bull shit but whatever
>>916731
>Primary school Year 3 (Britbong)
>Class is discussing what killed the Dinosaurs
>"Cavemen ate them"
>Teacher applauds him
>"God thought dinosaurs were boring and replaced them with humans"
>Teacher gives her a "well done" for being creative
>Think i'd win teacher over by being more accurate "Asteroid likely killed them"
>Teacher shakes her head, says "Nope" and quickly goes onto another kid for their theory
.... Seriously?
>>916800
The funny thing is that Yuan China is still way bigger than the Romans Empire.
>>916731
I had a fairly similar experience. I went into a Christian college will all kinds of doubts and questions about things that didn't make sense to me. Up until then I had always assumed more learned people than me had the answers.
Seeing them dodge those questions, and realizing nobody out there had the answers, was a critical step in my leaving religion behind.
>>916800
First thing that comes to mind for me is the USSR. Anybody know if that was bigger or smaller than the Mongols?
>>916731
Yeah alot of Catholic schools are like that, just don't think you know much, I thought I knew everything before I got to college
>>916731
>18 year old super serious catholic
Boy you have a fun life ahead of you.
>>916800
I think the British Empire was bigger than the Mongols at its height, but it goes into a separate category because it wasn't a contiguous land empire.
>>916731
>10th grade history class.
>Teacher is Mr. Roberto, an eccentric old Portuguese hippie from California.
>Kid behind me Derek constantly making sex noises followed with random Roman salutes.
>Heather is a few seats over, says random Nazi things throughout the year.
Class was based.
>>916800
You should have told her that the Roman Empire had 4 different emperors
>>917267
>MUH FUN
>MUH ENTERTAINMENT
>MUH EPIC SEX WITH BIG BOOB LADIES
Don't you havesome hedonistic meme shit to do?
>>917233
OP here just because you're professor was a fucking idiot does not mean nobody knows ask a priest about theology
>female friend invited to her house to eat sushi
>fucked up face but nice body
>start to talk about her college class (she study tourism)
>ask her about her history class
>"so fem anon, did you learn something about German and Italian unification"
>"yeah Prussia is germany "
>I started to lecture her about the German unification with dates and names
>I even draw her a map with 1815 borders with Prussia, Saxony,Austria, etc
>explain to her Bismark policies (realpolitike and machtpolitike)
>we end cuddleling watching a movie with her mom and little brother
JUST
>2003
>Iraq War just started
>8th grade history teacher goes on a rant
>she says America has the right to invade any country we want
>spews Bush propaganda about pre-emptive invasion to protect our freedoms
>I say that's dumb as fuck and that it's what the Germans did against Poland
>she says I'm out of line
>literally forces me to write a paper on obedience (I wish I were making this up)
Jokes on her, though, I wrote a super angsty paper on how obedience forms good little soldiers who have the will to carry out war crimes. I was a snot nosed little brat and she was a crypto-fascist.
>>918961
With her, while her mom and brother watched
>>917829
Don't you have some feet to kiss, Christcuck?
>>918997
And what happened after she read it? She said anything?
>first discussion section of university, in History of the world since 1500
>TA plays a John Green video about Zheng He
>mfw I'm now about to graduate with a history degree
>>917829
Brother, calm down.
>>919025
It's a tradition
Seems like you fedora tippers don't know much about
>>916731
Do most Christian "experts" just completly suck at their study. I'm an atheist, family is a bunch of devote Protestants. I've watched a few proffessors give biblical history lectures on youtube and now I know more about the subject than my entire family combined.
>>918997
I quite like imperialism, I wish we could have annexed Iraq to turn it into a territory.
>>921830
It's a shame that many Christians are socially religious, the new testament is a very great lesson for today's world.
>>922355
the new testament would be a great lesson for today's world: someone can make a failed apocalyptic prophecy and people will still be able to sell the snake oil for generations after "the last generation"
