2007-06-27 08:24:45 · 36 answers · asked by gone by tomorrow 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because when someone is more educated he or she is more likely to realize the supernatural does not exist.
2007-06-27 08:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by khard 6 · 6⤊ 8⤋
I'm a Christian, am a straight-A college student, and will be pursuing multiple postgraduate degrees. This is treating education like a disease? I have expended a great deal of time and energy on furthering my education. I've worked with brilliant Christians in laboratory settings, and regularly enjoy the company of Christian physicists, mathematicians, educators and writers. My denomination, Roman Catholicism, has a centuries-long history of promoting excellence in education.
2007-06-27 08:32:41 · answer #2 · answered by solarius 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a Christian, I am quite well educated and don't treat it as a disease. I think the rub between Christ and education is when the education is an atheist teacher telling the Christian kid that this all just evolved, there is no god, no Christ, and people who think so are just stupid. But evolution is just a theory and is forced down the student's throat, when no one knows for sure. There are holes in evolution.
2007-06-27 08:31:03 · answer #3 · answered by stick man 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends on whether they are hardcore christians (fundamentalists) or just religeous believers. The fundamentalists believe that the Bible is all, and anything that is not mentioned in it is evil and forbidden.
I cannot imagine thinking that what Abraham did is ok-some voice tells him to go over to some land over yonder mountain, kill everyone and take the land because what they do doesnt jive with your "voice". I know it was the times, but thee are many people now who still think along these lines (muslims and jews too).
If we ever encounter other worlds, it will be interesting to see if they had similar experiences. Its a battle-and unfortuantely not all "christians" intentions are pure-many use religeon as a tool to get money, power etc.
People were very spiritual in those days-good and bad spirituality-and the idea of evolution wasnt very popular at all. I think Darwin's book changed alot of that.
I firmly believe that a kind, sentient God is forgiving, and would communicate better with us if we were to not have evolution and other ideas, more than just an old obscure book. Love thy neighbor means just that-"love thy neighbor", not "judge all thigs as evil". What a horrid place this would be to live if we all thought gays were possesed and evil. (we used to) or that energy healing was evil, or evolution was evil. We would surely go mad with wondering............
A true christian (in my belief) delights in knoledge and takes what he can from what he sees and leaves the rest............ will this issue ever rest, or when and if space travel becomes a reality, will we split and go on in our beliefs?
2007-06-27 08:37:33 · answer #4 · answered by Chauncy Gardener 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean by education?
Sex education? As a Christian, I feel it's important for children to learn how we reproduce - and how to prevent unwanted pregnancies and STD's. But I also believe that the special sharing between two adults should be reserved for adults - as a part of the respect we hold for the idea of commitment. Er, that's "Marriage" to the lay public. Sex is not to be reduced to an experiment or rite of passage in order to be part of the football team - or cheering squad.
Science Education? God set all this in motion with the Big Bang - as in - "In the Beginning, God...." and that's miracle enough for me. The rest is gravy - I believe that's "blessing" in Christian speak.
so what do you mean by education?
2007-06-27 08:34:00 · answer #5 · answered by Barbara B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello and that is really not fair to lump all people because of The title Christians together and claim we all do not like anything, and we do not hold education as a bad thing, God does not hold to being stupid by choice but any education that does not have a Christ centered [bible based not taken out of context] included is nothing but a sad joke, God bless.
2007-06-27 08:29:55 · answer #6 · answered by wgr88 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
On the contrary, Christians treat education as being very important as long as that education is in line with the beliefs of their faith. Anything that is not substantiated by the Bible is a disease.
2007-06-27 08:27:12 · answer #7 · answered by GoodWillHunt 3 · 6⤊ 4⤋
I don't think Christians treat education like a disease. In fact they love propagating children through education.
2007-06-27 08:27:36 · answer #8 · answered by ganja 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Because in a sense it is...
Knowledge erodes faith, it brings religion into serious doubt.
That's a problem that's existed for centuries, and much of the reason we went into the dark ages in the first place was the due to the church's efforts to bury knowledge to preserve faith.
There is a reason some 97% of the scientific elite are non-believers, a reason the most educated nations tend to be the most secular and atheistic... knowledge and understanding of reality demonstrates faith to be woefully wrong.
2007-06-27 08:28:26 · answer #9 · answered by Mike K 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
What is with all the Christian bashing type questions?
You make a statement but put it in a question form and don't elaborate on it makes me wonder what kind of education you have.
2007-06-27 08:27:23 · answer #10 · answered by Stormchaser 5 · 7⤊ 2⤋
ric, are we stereotyping again?
where are the facts that tell Christians treat educvation as desease.
boy some folks are.....nevermind
GOD BLESS YOU!!!
2007-06-27 08:48:54 · answer #11 · answered by steven25t 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋