Suffer not anyone to teach
Some things don’t even need a comment.
The Rt Rev Patrick O’Donoghue, the [Catholic] Bishop of Lancaster… [says] “What we have witnessed in Western societies since the end of the Second World War is the development of mass education on a scale unprecedented in human history [...] these intellectual trends have resulted in a fragmented society that marginalizes God, with many people mistakenly thinking they can live happy and productive lives without him.”
It reminds me of this overheard conversation:
“If you get a bachelor’s degree,” the seasoned student reassured, “you’ll probably be okay. But my professor said that when you get a master’s, and definitely if you go beyond that, you can lose your values. He said that college students have to be watchful because if you get too much education, you could turn - LIBERAL. He’s seen it happen to a lot of good Christians.”
And for the sake of balance, here are several hundred arguments for the existence of god. If I had to buy anyone’s line, it would be Ben Franklin’s: “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
November 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
How terribly awful to be…. Liberal!
(sighs and shakes head at folly of extremists of any creed)
November 17th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Oh dear. How does Screwtape put it? “Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think about realities he can’t touch and see. There have been sad cases among the modern physicists.”