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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I remember well when they attacked seminaries, stating that they would never have such institutions. Well, of course they don't! They have TRAININGS. A seminary by any other name is still....a seminary.
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It is definitely hypocritical. For the record, I don't have a problem with seminaries, and I think they serve a purpose.
One major problem with the training is that it is basically become something that you either attend, or you should expect to be ignored and looked down upon. In other words, the only way to have a future in the LC is to attend the training.
Those who grew up as "church kids" and didn't attend the training after college seem to be few far between. Since the training has been around since the 90's, those who would have attended when it first started are probably in their 50's now. Of the 30-50 age range, it seems like most have either attended the training or they are relatively new to the LC. I don't see very many who are of the age where they could have attended the training at some point but didn't.
When I was in college on interesting thing I noticed is that virtually all those who were involved in the college work were FTTA graduates. By that I mean, those who were participating in the work on campuses, doing the college conferences and trainings, etc. I always wondered about that, were those who didn't attend the training not good enough to serve with the college students or college work?
I'm sure there are many exceptions to what I have noticed, but I would be willing to bet that they wouldn't let someone who hasn't graduated from the training play any major role in the college work or any other kind of "work".