Comments on: College students aren't all losing their religion http://patmccullough.com/2007/06/14/college-students-arent-all-losing-their-religion/ a blog exploring Christian origins, biblical studies, social/cultural history, method, education and the journey through academia Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:53:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Justin Ray http://patmccullough.com/2007/06/14/college-students-arent-all-losing-their-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Justin Ray Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:29:00 +0000 http://pgmccullough.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/college-students-arent-all-losing-their-religion/#comment-327 I'd say that college probably does have the tendency to make people attend churches less, but that it actually holds more potential to revitalize faith than do otherwise. It gives us the chance to come to terms with our own thoughts and beliefs and to integrate them into our behavior by our own volition instead of at someone else's behest. <br/><br/>This is often not conducive with church environments, though, which can be like stepping into the role of a child, putting on the accountability to a parental figure or system that can limit the development of personal faith. Education liberalizes, liberalization makes people more humanistic, and humanism isn't compatible with moral authoritarianism--and that is the state of most churches I've seen around here in central Arkansas. I’d say that college probably does have the tendency to make people attend churches less, but that it actually holds more potential to revitalize faith than do otherwise. It gives us the chance to come to terms with our own thoughts and beliefs and to integrate them into our behavior by our own volition instead of at someone else’s behest.

This is often not conducive with church environments, though, which can be like stepping into the role of a child, putting on the accountability to a parental figure or system that can limit the development of personal faith. Education liberalizes, liberalization makes people more humanistic, and humanism isn’t compatible with moral authoritarianism–and that is the state of most churches I’ve seen around here in central Arkansas.

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