Suppose schools were operated on that philosophy, with each discipline a separate path leading to the
same diploma. No matter whether you study or not, pass the tests or not, all would be given the same
diploma — the one of their choice. Without qualifying, one could choose the diploma of an attorney, an
engineer, a medical doctor. Surely you would not submit yourself to surgery under the hands of a
graduate of that kind of school! But it does not work that way. It cannot work that way — not in education,
not in spiritual matters. There are essential ordinances just as there are required courses. There are
prescribed standards of worthiness. If we resist them, avoid them, or fail them, we will not enter in with
those who complete the course.