Frothy: Education is the enemy of Religion!

[kyakki]

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Thursday that President Obama wants more young adults to go to college so they can undergo “indoctrination” to a secular world view.

In an hour-long interview with conservative television host Glenn Beck, Santorum also defended his record on abortion and his vote in favor of President George W.

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[benihime99]

This is a whole new level of stupidity even for him.
Is he seriously saying that education is killing religion?

"The federal government needs to get out of education."
For real?
I am truly amazed by this man. He never fail to say more bullshit.

[rhodanum]

Is he seriously saying that education is killing religion?

Thing is... I can actually see that as being true, in a somewhat twisty way. He's very much advocating a belief system that's based solely on 'believe, don't think for yourself, leave all moral decisions to religious figures and you just go on and follow them, like the good little Christian you're supposed to be.' This is terribly familiar to me, because 'believe, don't search for the answers' is one of the central tenets of Orthodox Christianity.

Of course, all of this completely falls apart when you add reason and logical arguments to the mix, along with level-headed discussions carried out with people from very different backgrounds than your own and with very diverse world-views.

[benihime99]

I can see how one may think education is killing religion.
Sure education may lead people to doubt but I have very educated friends whom are believers. Of course they're not extremist or creationist for instance but they do believe.
Being an atheist I value knowledge more but I do think that educated people can be believers.
The fact that he's advocating this education vs. faith theory show that he's religious for the wrong reasons.

[hammersxstrings]

yeah, I agree with all this. I know that most of my college educated friends who are Christian differ greatly than the Santorum types.

[shorofsky]

“For us it's all about making the world a better place and going after the issues and building America and making America more what our founding fathers wanted it to be,”

Honestly, I think most founding fathers would be ashamed of the direction America in going right now. At best, they'd be severely puzzled, I think.

Gov't out of education? Why? Because illiterate subjects are easier to rule than well-educated ones?

[riath]

Because illiterate subjects are easier to rule than well-educated ones?

Pretty much. Easier to keep 'em stupid so they'll do exactly what you tell them.

[kijikun]

Sometimes I think the Republican party uses Animal Farm as a instruction manual.

[riath]

Yeah, that and The Handmaid's Tale. It seems to have escaped their notice that those are meant to be fiction books.

[bleed_peroxide]

He claimed that “62 percent of kids who go into college with a faith commitment leave without it,” but declined to cite a source for the figure.

That, or perhaps they finally have a chance to figure out "oh hey I think is bullshit" when they leave the homes of parents that are probably just as overbearing with their faith as Frothy.

Christ, this guy is such a fucking joke. Then again, this is the guy who's blaming Social Security's failings on abortion.

“The reason Social Security is in big trouble is we don’t have enough workers to support the retirees. Well, a third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion.” -Rick Santorum, during a Republican presidential debate (May 2011)

[ladypolitik]

“The reason Social Security is in big trouble is we don’t have enough workers to support the retirees. Well, a third of all the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion.” -Rick Santorum, during a Republican presidential debate (May 2011)

You gotta be shittin' me.

[bleed_peroxide]

I wish I were.

[elmocho]

I saw the same argument used in a column by Mark Steyn. It was basically a lot of handwaving for the base about their losses on the contraception issue by saying the economy was in such bad shape that arguments about contraception-- usually always defined as condoms!-- were silly.

One of the sub-arguments mentioned that there are less workers to support the social safety net due to abortions. The whole thing was like a matryoshka of failure and cliche.

[johnjie]

'I understand why Barack Obama wants to send every kid to college, because of their indoctrination mills, absolutely … The indoctrination that is going on at the university level is a harm to our country.”'

However, the indoctrination practised by people of faith in your country, that's all a-ok and never harmful at all, right, Frothy?

[celtic_thistle]

lol right? It's fine and dandy to indoctrinate kids into religion from birth, but exposing them to other points of view is actual indoctrination to him. rme.

[ladypolitik]

On the president’s efforts to boost college attendance, Santorum said, “I understand why Barack Obama wants to send every kid to college, because of their indoctrination mills, absolutely … The indoctrination that is going on at the university level is a harm to our country.”

He claimed that “62 percent of kids who go into college with a faith commitment leave without it,” but declined to cite a source for the figure. And he floated the idea of requiring that universities that receive public funds have “intellectual diversity” on campus.

Ok, he simply needs to be disqualified from running for public office at this point. He insists on demonstrating that he's mentally, intellectually, and emotionally incapable of accepting basic church/state separation tenants.

I've said it before: U.S. candidates need to take and pass a grade 10 Civics exam before being allowed to run for high office, because goddamn.

[screamingintune]

lol for reals. Not surprising to see that on Rick Perry's college report card, he got something like a D- in economics, another subject I think politicians (and everyone, really) should understand better.

[mollywobbles867]

Yeah. My English major ass really shouldn't understand basic macroeconomics better than the people who make policy about it. I want my leaders to be smarter than me or at least as smart.

[erunamiryene]

Well, if we didn't disqualify Rick "Secession, Woo!" Perry from running for president of the country he hinted Texas should secede from, we clearly aren't going to disqualify ANYONE.