Is a formal education the #1 enemy of most popular religions today?

Answer 1

Yes. I think education goes a long way toward getting people away from fundamentalism (Christian, Muslim or Jew).

I've recently changed my mind that the answer is only education tho. People aren't uber religious because of intellectual reasons. They are super religious because of emotional reasons. Somehow we have to find a way to heal the emotions along with the education.

And no! I haven't quite figured out how to do that!

Answer 2

Visit
http://www.christianityandculture.org/index.html
Last Fall we had Miroslav Volf the Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology at Yale University Divinity School as primary speaker. Joining him on the panel were a number of professors from different universities and varied studies.
Since the Apostles were denigrated by the inteligencia of the day for being uneducated and Christianity has grown from a few hundred to millions today that education is the #1 enemy of atheism.

Answer 3

short answer, NO. Their own beliefs are the biggest reason to dimiss them.
as far as terrorism, they are often educated. Bin Laden has an engineering degree (not to mention how rich he is). He could be living it up in Miami or Dubai, but he's in a cave because of religion.

and as far as christians who are offended, there is a factual basis for it. Do some research. It's not necessarily that christian=stupid, but in general the less education you have, the more religious you are. This can be seen internationally, as well as within the US. There are some really smart christians, but there aren't many really dumb atheists, IQ-wise. Get over your personal bias and accept it.

Answer 4

Not at all. Religion is mainly learn from school but from home itself. Parents nowadays do not find time for their kids as they are busy running after money. Their kids grow up here and there, without a good religious education. The enemy of religions are those who are responsible to educate their kids and bring them to "the way" but are failing.

Answer 5

It's not the formal education that's the danger...

It's the common sense mind of the brain that receives the formal education that is popular religions' # 1 enemy...

Although, I seem to remember Christ saying something like...

"Love thy enemies as you love thyself..."

I learned that in college...and though I'm not religious...
"I" have no enemies...
For I have a formal education...

Answer 6

No, ignorance is the #1 enemy. Mind you, a formal education does not automatically mean that a person will know truth.

Answer 7

Formal education is the enemy of ignorance. Draw your own conclusions.

Answer 8

I've heard this accusation many times by atheists. And I assume you mean this in the context that those who seek religion, lack a formal education.

To make such an assumption, one would have to have a factual basis for that thought, and there is no factual basis to it. So it makes me question the intelligence of the person (s) asking such a thing, with no evidence to substantiate it.

By the way, I am a Christian believer.

Answer 9

Yes. Well educated people have learned that religion offers nothing of use. A previous responder asks how education could be an enemy; the answer is that it is an enemy of ignorance.

Answer 10

How can education be an enemy? Creationism may be the intolerance of logic, bit it is not intolerance of education. The epiphany of logic is only a detriment to tithe, but if they are truly religious, then it is still not an enemy. Sure, God punished Adam and Eve for learning, but I'd like to think that people are smarter these days to realize that it was but a story.

Answer 11

Just as a piece of art presents the evidence of an artist, and a piece of music presents the evidence of a musician, a creation presents the evidence of a creator.

Romans1:22: “Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.”

A religion that denies education is not good; however, an education that denies religion is not any better. Contrary to popular belief, the simple proof of God is in the universe. Humans naturally desire to know and understand, and we have progressed in our discoveries. However, understanding the power of a higher being is outside the boundaries of a human mind, and for centuries, both man and women alike have attempted to remedy the problem of common ignorance by studying, compromising, and copulating beliefs, or dismissing anything outside one’s understanding. Over time, the pride of humanity has developed outside the boundaries of God’s will, and the concept of faith is considered to exist only within the limits of one’s personal knowledge. Ultimately, the denial of God is the pride of man.

so to an extent...yup.