more education equals less belief in bible/jesus?

Question

this is to go along with the god question i posted earlier.

since i have found myself believing in God but not the bible.

do you think more education specifically on theological stuff such as biblical events would make you belief less or more in the bible and the man Jesus??

Answer 1

Studying theology would make a theist more religious, in my opinion. Thats like someone who enjoys cars going to school to be an mechanic. It's just more of what they enjoy. A well rounded education from the ground up is a more likely way for people to learn about the truth regarding the creation of the bible and how Christianity became what it is today (in all ways, the good, bad and ugly). If you study it, alongside other religions and beliefs, without being closed minded, you will likely no longer "believe" in the bible as fact. However, if you go in believing there is nothing more right then your theology, then that is how you will view everything you learn.... with a closed mind that is only focused on finding more to support what you already believe.

Hope that answers your question thoroughly enough.

Answer 2

As I study more, I believe in Jesus all the more.

And not just theological stuff, either.

When I study the way the living cell functions, the mitochondria, the DNA, protein syntheses, the way the cell divides, the way raw materials are converted into usable energy within the cell, I can not help but believe that God did all this, because the alternative is both illogical and unscientific.

But specifically about theological studies of Biblical events, even though I've never been much of a history "buff", yet when I read in Daniel the prophecies of future events, and even *I* know that the land that Alexander the Great had amassed to his name was divided between his four children, just as the Daniel prophecies foretold (just one of many examples of the way the Bible accurately prophecies the future), then I become even MORE convinced of the accuracy of the Bible, and more specifically, the man Jesus.

I COULD go on and talk about archeological digs that demonstrate the accuracy of the Bible, and other things as well, but there isn't enough space for it all here.

Answer 3

It depends on the type of education. However, a traditional education one with a modecum of humanities such as history, sociology, psychology, mathematics, and science does tend to make one think more critically. When that is achieved it's hard to have "blind faith." Up until about the 1960s theologians only discussed things with other theologians and things were not to problematical. However, today with social science and with new methods of archeology, anthropology, and a more accurate understanding of history the bible can't exist in a vacuum anymore. And as such most university programs on religion do raise questions. I think the bible remains an extremely valuable book but it can't be taken as literal and 100% anymore. Any serious analysis using modern rigorous analysis won't support it. However, as metaphor and as spiritual wisdom it can hardly be beat. There are some facts in it but as Thomas Jefferson said we need to separate the diamonds from the dung. The fundamentalist have a problem with this because it upsets their black and white world in which they are superior. But for everyone else it will make religion and hopefully Christianity a deeper and more spiritual religion with an honesty that everyone can relate to.

Answer 4

You don't need much of an education to be able to tell the Christian God doesn't exist. Because...

If God wants something from me, he would tell me. He wouldn't leave someone else to do this, as if an infinite being were short on time. And he would certainly not leave fallible, sinful humans to deliver an endless plethora of confused and contradictory messages. God would deliver the message himself, directly, to each and every one of us, and with such clarity as the most brilliant being in the universe could accomplish. We would all hear him out and shout "Eureka!" So obvious and well-demonstrated would his message be. It would be spoken to each of us in exactly those terms we would understand. And we would all agree on what that message was. Even if we rejected it, we would all at least admit to each other, "Yes, that's what this God fellow told me."[2]

Excuses don't fly. The Christian proposes that a supremely powerful being exists who wants us to set things right, and therefore doesn't want us to get things even more wrong. This is an intelligible hypothesis, which predicts there should be no more confusion about which religion or doctrine is true than there is about the fundamentals of medicine, engineering, physics, chemistry, or even meteorology. It should be indisputably clear what God wants us to do, and what he doesn't want us to do. Any disputes that might still arise about that would be as easily and decisively resolved as any dispute between two doctors, chemists, or engineers as to the right course to follow in curing a patient, identifying a chemical, or designing a bridge. Yet this is not what we observe. Instead, we observe exactly the opposite: unresolvable disagreement and confusion. That is clearly a failed prediction. A failed prediction means a false theory. Therefore, Christianity is false.

Answer 5

There are many highly-educated people who are very religious as well, so I would say that what really happens is that those who have broader influences (more education) have been presented with more optional belief systems. Some will decide against religion, but those who remain devout often have a more considered approach toward their beliefs. They have questioned the beliefs and have decided that they were valid after all. Of those who are less-educated, many grew up with religion and haven't developed the tools for questioning it, so their beliefs may be more automatic and perhaps a little less deep.

Answer 6

More education makes you more informed, and therefor more likely to make a right decision regarding religion. I can't say how it will change your view because our personality and our life experience is also a strong element in believing something.

For me, it made me believe less in the bible or religion, but I kept believing in a god

Answer 7

i think the more you are educated you can change your thoughts about the bible you wont take it so serious. Because if you look back into history like the dark ages you will see. I think it is just personal choose to believe in Jesus or not. I don't think education has to do with it

Answer 8

i disagree with NYmormon. i am the same as you I believe in god but will not believe in the teachings/bible that come along with it. usually because the more intelligent you are, seem to question whats real and what isnt when it comes to the teachings of religion, because there so many different sources telling you dif things, but all lead to god.

Answer 9

i dont think you absolutely have to go along with everything the bible says.

I have been in a catholic schools all my life.

I believe in god, but i jsut don't vibe well with, the whole "god loves you, but....you can't do this."

People make weird religions everyday, so why cant you just stretch the rules?

I have been taught everything there is to know about god and the bible.. but not agreeing with every single thing in the bible doesnt make me less of a christian.

Answer 10

a number of of smart individuals are non secular, which does no longer recommend faith is actual. there is, even with the undeniable fact that, a effective correlation between preparation and unbelief. those are data which the two discourage and inspire atheists, respectively, the 1st means that no person is proof against brainwashing only because of the fact they could be smart; the 2nd supplies us wish that faith will ultimately die out as extra human beings study the thank you to cut up fact from myth via buying extra information of the international.