The humor of it was too much to pass by. This admissions department fell prey to consequences of reductionist training. Most people fit Logic into Math. They think in terms of set theory and the relationship of elements to, within and between sets of numbers. For nearly all of us who have been trained in a "progressive" model of education, this has been our only exposure to Logic. Yet if one looks at the expected course of university study for philosophy, theology, systems analysis or computer programming, logic is an essential component of the training simply because it is the art of thinking properly. It's absurd to think of a philosophy major not taking logic.
Logic is concerned with the classification and categorization of words, statements and arguments. It addresses the matter of truth and fallacy, consistency of reasoning, validity and invalidity, cogent and uncogent arguments, weak and strong arguments. Any carefully thinking person must give attention to such things, which is why logic is so indispensible for success in debate and rhetoric. It deals with thought, ideas, expressions and whether something is reasonable or unreasonable. If this isn't the skeleton of the art of language (. . . English!), I can't imagine what is.
But in so many ways, the stream of logic runs much deeper than that. The entire process of clear reasoning is indispensible to every area of advance and order. Logic is the working context for process of comprehending the natural world, forming the basis for sound math and science reasoning. It is for this reason that classical students turn out to be so effective in their fields of pursuit.
And add logic to the Christian pursuit of truth, and you have a key component for an effective church leader.
