Our institutions of "higher" learning, the universities (latin for "a whole"), seem to be filled with departments that fall far short of their academic ideals and aspirations.
For instance, we have...
departments of political science that have done little to bring resolution of conflict and lasting peace into the world, limiting our ability to establish a political reality that functions in terms of common sense under God;
departments of economics that have failed to bring models of universal prosperity into the world, leading to great inequality in an ever expanding Babylonian Empire;
departments of gender and women's studies that have taken us further away from a true understanding of the divine feminine and its synergistic role with the divine masculine, as well as taken away our ability to even understand or speak coherently about gender with one another;
departments of psychology that have not found the keys to unlocking true mental health, stability, joy, lasting inner peace, and balance in one's life, and even go so far as to justify some forms of maladaptive behavior, despite the sorrows and damage done behind closed doors;
departments of literacy that have damaged our ability to understand simple stories and the morals they convey;
departments of art that have disconnected us from true forms of higher art which speak to the soul and expand the mind and heart, as good art should both delight and instruct;
...and many other examples.
For all the billions of (often, tax payer) dollars that are poured into these institutions, very little flows out that has an impact on the objective of a targeted course of study, let alone a true understanding of who and what we are, and what we are meant to be or become. Yet it is not for lack of effort, financial supports, or sincerity on the part of university staff and faculty that knowledge and solutions of lasting importance, enduring quality, and meaningfulness fail to emerge. There are many genuinely good people endeavoring to solve some very complex problems in this world at these institutions. However, they are "ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth" (NC 2 Timothy 1:8) because they are overly focused on the results of their own analyses and are disconnected from reality, have thrown out fundamental knowledge and understanding of law and cosmos that was available to and appreciated by prior civilizations, and imposed their own biases, beliefs, and advocacy (or that of those who hold power over them) on the outcomes of their work.
It will not always be so. "Civilization began with the Temple as the center of learning, law and culture. The Temple was the original university because it taught of man's place with God in the universe." (Opening Comments Covenant of Christ Conference, Egyptian Theater Boise, Idaho, September 3, 2017). It will be so again as it was in the beginning.
