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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Not true. Having been raised a Catholic by Brothers of the Holy Cross, the fine brothers that founded and run Notre Dame University, they teach critical thinking, questioning authority, and debate. I met many people from St. Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, who are also extreme critical thinkers. There was no shortage of debate about the many decisions from Vatican I to the Council of Nicea and the affect on the modern Roman Catholic Church.
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Same went for me at my Christian university (and in fact, it was a contributing factor to why I left the faith, as did several others who attended there)--all of my professors encouraged as much critical thinking as possible, and forced us to question everything we were reading and writing and thinking about as part of the Christian community. The biologists were all evolutionists, and the English department (mine) was known as being the most liberal on campus. I had, and still have, a great deal of respect for my former professors at that university, even if I myself have left the fold.
That said--the words of that Terral guy in the OP are completely out of line. Those are the kinds of Christians who disappoint me deeply. I know, obviously, that they are not all like that... but jesus hussein christ, get the fuck over yourself already and come down from that highest of all horses, already. If there are many people like him on the forum, well... why would you *want* to be a part of that place, anyway?