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I was reading about how Jesus selected his disciples and got a number of questions. Why did he select 'normal' people as disciples?I don't know about other religions but why does it seem like the more a person gets educated,the more he loses his faith?Is it why Jesus did not choose university professors as his disciples. Why do most young people (some of whom were very religious in primary and secondary school level) start losing their faith when they go to the universities? Why is it that the so called atheists are highly educated and very bright fellows. One of the social indicators of poverty is the number of churches in an environment.The more the churches the higher the poverty index.Look at kariobangi,baba ndogo,Githurai,kawangware etc.The majority of the residents of these areas are also not highly educated. Is faith inversely proportional to the level of education? Is Christianity dying as we become more educated? Consistency is better than intensity
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PeterReborn wrote:I was reading about how Jesus selected his disciples and got a number of questions.
Why did he select 'normal' people as disciples?I don't know about other religions but why does it seem like the more a person gets educated,the more he loses his faith?Is it why Jesus did not choose university professors as his disciples.
Why do most young people (some of whom were very religious in primary and secondary school level) start losing their faith when they go to the universities?
Why is it that the so called atheists are highly educated and very bright fellows.
One of the social indicators of poverty is the number of churches in an environment.The more the churches the higher the poverty index.Look at kariobangi,baba ndogo,Githurai,kawangware etc.The majority of the residents of these areas are also not highly educated.
Is faith inversely proportional to the level of education?
Is Christianity dying as we become more educated?
Standing ovation.  As an atheist, i like seeing people asking these questions that eventually lead to their freedom from ridiculous religions and imaginary gods. Keep asking these questions, that's the first step towards liberation. You are actually nice. I call religious folk weak minded and idiots. They sound like insults but to an objective person who knows and can see the truth, they will see that my "insults" are actually facts.
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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PeterReborn wrote:I was reading about how Jesus selected his disciples and got a number of questions.
Why did he select 'normal' people as disciples?I don't know about other religions but why does it seem like the more a person gets educated,the more he loses his faith?Is it why Jesus did not choose university professors as his disciples.
Why do most young people (some of whom were very religious in primary and secondary school level) start losing their faith when they go to the universities?
Why is it that the so called atheists are highly educated and very bright fellows.
One of the social indicators of poverty is the number of churches in an environment.The more the churches the higher the poverty index.Look at kariobangi,baba ndogo,Githurai,kawangware etc.The majority of the residents of these areas are also not highly educated.
Is faith inversely proportional to the level of education?
Is Christianity dying as we become more educated?
Are the above assumptions based on your limited thinking,opinions and observation or they are verifiable facts? If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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Swenani wrote:PeterReborn wrote:I was reading about how Jesus selected his disciples and got a number of questions.
Why did he select 'normal' people as disciples?I don't know about other religions but why does it seem like the more a person gets educated,the more he loses his faith?Is it why Jesus did not choose university professors as his disciples.
Why do most young people (some of whom were very religious in primary and secondary school level) start losing their faith when they go to the universities?
Why is it that the so called atheists are highly educated and very bright fellows.
One of the social indicators of poverty is the number of churches in an environment.The more the churches the higher the poverty index.Look at kariobangi,baba ndogo,Githurai,kawangware etc.The majority of the residents of these areas are also not highly educated.
Is faith inversely proportional to the level of education?
Is Christianity dying as we become more educated?
Are the above assumptions based on your limited thinking,opinions and observation or they are verifiable facts? Good point swenani. Some of the assumptions here are plainly 'miseducated' if not misinformed.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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hamburglar wrote:PeterReborn wrote:I was reading about how Jesus selected his disciples and got a number of questions.
Why did he select 'normal' people as disciples?I don't know about other religions but why does it seem like the more a person gets educated,the more he loses his faith?Is it why Jesus did not choose university professors as his disciples.
Why do most young people (some of whom were very religious in primary and secondary school level) start losing their faith when they go to the universities?
Why is it that the so called atheists are highly educated and very bright fellows.
One of the social indicators of poverty is the number of churches in an environment.The more the churches the higher the poverty index.Look at kariobangi,baba ndogo,Githurai,kawangware etc.The majority of the residents of these areas are also not highly educated.
Is faith inversely proportional to the level of education?
Is Christianity dying as we become more educated?
Standing ovation. As an atheist, i like seeing people asking these questions that eventually lead to their freedom from ridiculous religions and imaginary gods. Keep asking these questions, that's the first step towards liberation. You are actually nice. I call religious folk weak minded and idiots. They sound like insults but to an objective person who knows and can see the truth, they will see that my "insults" are actually facts. It seems the human capacity for delusion is infinite.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,331 Location: Masada
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I will only be reading posts in this thread. Portfolio: Sold
You know you've made it when you get a parking space for your yatcht.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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PeterReborn wrote:I was reading about how Jesus selected his disciples and got a number of questions.
Why did he select 'normal' people as disciples?I don't know about other religions but why does it seem like the more a person gets educated,the more he loses his faith?Is it why Jesus did not choose university professors as his disciples.
Why do most young people (some of whom were very religious in primary and secondary school level) start losing their faith when they go to the universities?
Why is it that the so called atheists are highly educated and very bright fellows.
One of the social indicators of poverty is the number of churches in an environment.The more the churches the higher the poverty index.Look at kariobangi,baba ndogo,Githurai,kawangware etc.The majority of the residents of these areas are also not highly educated.
Is faith inversely proportional to the level of education?
Is Christianity dying as we become more educated?
Did they have Universities back then with Professors? I thought the learned back in those days were people with professions such as "the Fisherman" "the Tax collector" "those from the house of Levi, those who kept the law - Priests" "the Carpenter" etc... Luke was a doctor "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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Because the rich and the connected, the elite of the time of Jesus, did not want to hear anything to do with God. THEY WERE HYPOCRITES AND BETRAYERS. Jesus himself described them very well "Ye hypocrites"
MATTHEW 23:13 "Ye wicked and adulterous generation Matthew 12:39 "Ye whited sepulchers..."
MATTHEW 23: 27 "Ye generation of vipers..."
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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@muchr, and how would yo understand tax without being learned? They must have had some formal education, not as sophisticated as ours today, but education anyhow.
Mark 10:17-31: The Rich Man
21 Looking at the man, Jesus felt genuine love for him. “There is still one thing you haven’t done,” he told him. “Go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
22 At this the man’s face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions.
23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!” 24 This amazed them. But Jesus said again, “Dear children, it is very hard[b] to enter the Kingdom of God. 25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
26 The disciples were astounded. “Then who in the world can be saved?” they asked.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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Look at witchcraft in the Bible: How to know if a woman has committed adultery. Numbers 5:11-31. ‘ The priest should take holy water in a vessel, take dust from the floor, and put it into the vessel - And that is the bitter water ‘And after cursing it, give it to the woman And if the woman has committed adultery, after she drinks it, the curse will enter her body, the stomach will swell, the thigh will rot, and she shall be cursed by the people. If the woman has not committed adultery, she will remain clean and she will bear the seed." A state of the art method to identify a woman who has committed adultery. Very uneductional. Very unscientific! 
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