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I have dealt with my share of "educated idiots' who were told at graduation by a Professor that they actually knew something! Why is it, when you cannot win the argument, that you give us your educational resumé? No one who would teach someone Baptismal Regeneration (or the evasive dodge that does not admit Baptismal Regeneration, yet says that someone is not saved if they are not baptized)... is any spiritual "giant," but a Giant Heretic!
I am not anti-education nor anti-theology in the least! But it is a fallacy to believe that just because you went to a University, that you know the Bible and Christ better than someone who did not. Name-dropping (implying that "spiritual giants" taught you something, is the fallacy of an appeal to authority). It's great that you like certain teachers! It's awesome that you sought out a University or College to fill your thirst for knowledge and understanding! I believe that you are smart and want to believe the Bible to the best of your capability and knowledge! But allow me to make an observation from my experience...
I have met many people in my life. I have been many places around the world, and I have met many educated, and uneducated people. While I have learned a lot from some very intelligent teachers; I have learned even more from those who have no claim to "Higher Education" in the way of knowing God, loving Christ, and obeying Him to their utmost ability. My point is, knowledge is not knowing God; it is not spirituality. I know a lot more than many Christians that I have met, yet I am more challenged and humbled by their faith and practice than most of the educated "spiritual giants" I have known. Education and being right is much more than having a formal education. Personally, I can easily say that I learned far more in 4 years of military experience and travel than I have in my 3 1/2 years of University Education. Life can be a greater teacher for some people than a formal education. This may not be true for everybody, but it has been true for the majority of people I have met.
Each to his own.