Attack Of The Smart People
Help me out here folks! What, exactly, does this imply about the intellect of "Christians"?
'Christians are a lot more bold under Bush's leadership, he speaks what a lot of us believe,' said Mummert.
'We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture,' he said, adding that the school board's declaration is just a first step.
I went to parochial schools through college. I learned about evolution and learned the biblical accounts of creation . Sorry, I think that people who are so concerned about their children receiving religious instruction need to fork up the bucks to pay for them to attend a Christian school - and even then they'd better check the curriculum because my Catholic education came from "the intelligent, educated segment of the culture."
my state @ 1:17 PM :: Permalink
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While I was getting my undergraduate degree, a minister told me that I should be careful because education makes people not believe in religion. I think there is a fundamental part of religion that is at odds with education, particularly scientific inquiry. The more diverse your education becomes, the more the tendency not to believe literally in any religious dogma.
If you take a look at scientific evidence, then one knows for certain that the earth wasn't created by God, but evolved over time. If the creation story can be disproved by science, then one has to wonder what else in religious teaching is not true or not meant to be taken literally. In order to keep people believing in God, there must be a certain amount of misinformation maintained in the general population.
I've heard the same thing ... that if you get too smart, you stop believing in God. What I've found is that you don't stop believing in God, you stop believing in religion.
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