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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Really? Yet some of the greatest thinkers have come from Catholic Universities
I don't think that the case at all, organized religion sects like Jesuits, Franciscans, Dominicans, Brothers of the Holy Cross all take great lengths to educate their charges. Islam also had many scholars that were quite educated. The same can be said for the Jewish religion as well. I think you are painting quite a broad stroke with that religion and more educated brush.
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Fair enough. Certainly the dominant flavor of American Christianity has a less than subtle disdain for higher education--the presence of so-called "Christian Universities" notwithstanding. It's all about those liberal hippie professors teaching our children to THINK...