Have you noticed that christians, it seems, have little or no university education?

Question

I have met many and they usually are not very well educated. Is ignorance conducive to religious belief?

Answer 1

yes. usually those who remain religious, dont go far in education. i dont know why, but maybe political factor. but it's not all christians.

Answer 2

Be careful. Some people might interpret your words to mean that you think people without college degrees are somehow "not as good" as those who do have them.

And honestly, it would not be unreasonable for them to think that way. I'm not saying that that's what you meant -- but people could reasonably interpret your words that way.

You also seem to think that people with college degrees are incapable of being ignorant. Do you really think that's true? Do you really think that having a college degree immunizes a person from ignorance? I hope not!

The flip side is true too -- not having a college degree doesn't automatically mean that a person is not intelligent.

There may be reasons why an otherwise intelligent, clear-thinking person doesn't have a college degree. Maybe they don't have the money to go to college. Maybe they have other responsibilities that keep them from devoting the time involved to pursue a degree.

Or maybe they have taken an honest look at the college scene nowadays -- with its "diversity" reflected in the fact that college professors these days are overwhelmingly left-leaning and liberal -- and have concluded that they want no part of it.

I didn't get a college degree until I was 31 years old. Before that, I served in the US Navy, held three different jobs, and brought a baby girl into the world.

But according to you, I was ignorant until the age of 31 -- and then, once I got that sheepskin, the clouds of ignorance suddenly faded away and I was bathed in the warm glow of enlightenment!

Oh, I didn't become a seriously-practicing Catholic until around 4 years ago -- which was 6 years AFTER I got my college degree.

During my 20s, before I got "well educated" according to your definition, I was for all intents and purposes an atheist.

Answer 3

You are right and you are wrong.

See the problem is that most people are very lazy. They don't research anything. So when you go into a school that bashes Christian beliefs you are unable to fight them back. Yes, it happens.

In philosephy or other simular classes a proffessor can attack your beliefs if it fits in with his topic. In early school a teacher can teach such things as evolution and test you on it. I could go on and on, but then I would make myself seem like a zelot, when I'm not.

No I do not believe religion should be taught in a public school, but I don't think it should be attacked either. Yes, I am all for evolution or any other part of science to be taught in school. This is what causes you to think this way.

However there are a lot of people who look things up and since there is a such thing as an internet now it's much easier. Those people hear something from a proffesor and then look them up. There are also those that hide thier religion in the higher schools as not to be picked on.

Now as for proof that there are a lot of Christians with a high education it's easy. Have you ever heard of a huge University by the name of Notre Dame. Guess what; It's a Christian University.

Answer 4

it depends on the religion. most Pagans educate themselves. Most non christians except for muslims believe in a good education. protestant christianity actually teaches that education is evil. im not kidding either. Martin Luther founder of Lutheranism actually said this.

another thing some people can be well educated but learn nothing. most christians evade any beliefs that question thier own reguardless of education. which is sad really. My best friend is a good case and point. he is well rounded in physics and comparative religion, and he went to college, yet still remains a fundamentalist christian. i think for some people its an Ego trip to tell others they are going to hell because you have the Truth. that might have something to do with it in some cases, not all but quite a few are like that.

a little FYI most colleges and universities have gone down in quality over the centuries keep that in mind:)

Answer 5

I don't know who you have met- may some hillbillies up in the Hills of Arkansas or somewhere. I have an education and I am a teacher. I have a high IQ and would consider myself smart in worldly conditions and other.
I don't understand why some people find anything they can to down Christianity. Most of their questions are ignorant and those come from non Christians. What would you say to that?

Answer 6

Yep.

Then there are those that do attend college and get a degree in divinity. Some even get a doctorate in it so they can pretend to be a scientist and try to debunk things.

I live in Bible Belt and in this area children are taught that becoming old makes you wise, and that anything they don't understand can simply be explained by God or phrases such as, "everything happens for a reason."

They substitute bible study for real education and fill kids heads with fairy tails instead of science and logical thinking.

In the absence of real education these ignorant children that they have created trot out statements like, "I don't believe in dinosaurs," and "I didn't come from no monkey."

Answer 7

How many, precisely, have you met? And is their level of education one of the questions you pose on first meeting people? What is the proportion of university educated versus non-university educated in the Christian world? Incidentally, if you are university educated, you would likely know that Christian should be capitalized, so I can only assume that you, too, are ignorant and therefore have strong religious beliefs. Correct? Or is that reducto ad absurdum? (and of course, anyone as well educated as you knows what that means....)

Answer 8

wow, so I'm guessing right away that you're not a Christian. And I'll make another assumption, you're well educated, or have such an ego that you're actively blind to the workings of the world. Christians, as well as every other group in the history of the world, have the very uneducated to the well educated. The fact that you're ignorant to this fact only shows how ignorant you yourself are.

Answer 9

Well, I can't speak for all christians, but LDS christians are encouraged to get all the education they can. They have an entire church education system to help with that, and even have a self sustaining perpetual education fund for underprivileged deserving members.

Education is VERY important to us. Knowlege is power, no matter which side of the street you're on.

Answer 10

I have a college degree and I am a Christian. In the church that I attend there is a large percentage of the congregation that have more than a high school education. Most preachers or pastors or ministers that I know have a college education.

Answer 11

Why don't you get out a little more? Me and my family are educated, born-again Christians and we've all graduated from college or are in the process of going to college (except the ones who are, you know, 8 years old). And I could keep on naming people but that would mean nothing to you...