"I recently read an article by Jordan Monge discussing why “Intelligent people are less likely to be religious”. The interesting perspective on the article was the writer, who is a former atheist, converted to Christianity, at Harvard of all places. Monge sites various research that has been done on education and religion, drawing the conclusion that this correlation between intelligence and being repulsed by religion, is a self-fulfilling prophecy that education has created. The “prophecy” is described as Americans who are making the assumption that those of intelligence will grow up and reject their faith. As teenagers matriculate to secular colleges, they will stop attending church and thus become skeptical of religion and faith. Monge concludes this is where the prophecy is fulfilled. Academia doesn’t always have a place for faith and the mindset that goes with belief in something, especially when individuals believe the evidence is not “tangible”, in their skeptical minds. Our government is the result of this academic thinking, which says that the more intelligent individuals will not seek advisement from a book (The Bible), which is so old and was written by individuals who professed to have direct contact with God. Seeking this advisement grows less likely, especially if the politician has begun to believe he (or she) is the god of his own world. So if these elitist groups of thinkers, who sit in the hallowed halls of our government, aren’t using a religious baseline to develop and support their decisions, yet ridicule and demean those who do, what is their starting point for making decisions? And what if the decisions the government makes are wrong—and not just wrong simply because both sides of the aisle can’t agree, but morally wrong." Read more at politichicks.tv/column/americas-connection-modern-day-damascus/#lS00eqhGb2teQRHf.99
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:50:07 +0000
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