Geee Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Townhall:God is not doing very well these days.Here are four reasons:The first is that increasingly large numbers of men and women attend university, and Western universities have become essentially secular (and leftist) seminaries. Just as the agenda of traditional Christian and Jewish seminaries is to produce religious Christians and religious Jews, the agenda of Western universities is to produce (left-wing) secularists. The difference is that Christian and Jewish seminaries are honest about their agenda, while the universities still claim they have neither secularist nor political agenda.That is why the more university education a person receives, the more he is likely to hold secular and left-wing views. The secular left argues that this correlation is due to the fact that a college graduate knows more and thinks more clearly and therefore gravitates leftward and toward secularism. But if you believe that the average college graduate is a clear and knowledgeable thinker as a result of his or her time at university, I have more than one bridge to sell you.A radio talk show host for 29 years, I long ago began asking callers who made foolish comments what graduate school they attended. It takes higher education to learn to believe that America and Israel are villains, that men and women have essentially the same natures, that human nature is good, that ever-larger governments create wealth, etc.A second reason God is not doing well among Westerners these days is that many members of the Jewish and Christian clergy decided that their primary role was not to advocate their religion's moral and religious standards, but rather (1) to make congregants comfortable ("Don't call me 'Pastor,' Rabbi' or Father'; call me Jerry") and (2) to promulgate the values they learned at their secular left-wing universities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTexan Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Prager pretty well nailed it... one, two, three, four! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Because we elected Obama? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre86 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 God is doing just fine. People, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Yup, as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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