Re: Harvard’s intellectual culture discourages identification with Christianity

On 4/17/06, Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Some may find this of interest. ~ Janice
>
> *Harvard's intellectual culture discourages identification with
> Christianity
> *The Harvard University Crimson ^ | Monday, April 17, 2006 1:34 AM | LUCY
> M. CALDWELL
> Posted on 04/17/2006 10:37:11 AM EDT by rface
> * http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1616428/posts
> *[article snipped - click link to read it]
>
> *My two replies #12 and #13 follow:
>
> **"... it is Christianity that has been pushed to the wayside. The
> religion is seen as backward, nonintellectual, and extreme."* ~ LUCY M.
> CALDWELL
>
> In times of need, however... *(Note the date of this article below)* :)
>
> Faith does breed charity *We atheists* have to accept that most
> believers are better human beings - *by Roy Hattersley
> *Monday *September 12, 2005* The Guardian
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1567604,00.html
>

Another irony given the following was a recent Harvard study. (This study
dates from last week.)

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20060413-122855-9675r.htm

College students are becoming more religious, and it's affecting their
political views, according to a new Harvard University survey of this
potentially influential voting bloc. "Religious centrists" rule, according
to the university.
    A full 70 percent say religion plays an important part in their lives,
with a quarter saying their spirituality has increased at college. Six out
of 10 say they are concerned about the moral direction of the country,
according to the poll of 1,200 students from across the country, conducted
March 13 to 27 and released Tuesday.
    "Religion and morality are critical to how students think about politics
and form opinions on political issues," said Jeanne Shaheen, a former New
Hampshire governor and director of Harvard's Institute of Politics, which
conducted the poll.
    The Harvard study advises political parties to woo the spiritually
inclined, a demographic that the popular press mostly deemed the exclusive
territory of the "religious right" in the past two presidential elections.
    "This analysis foreshadows the 2008 general election campaign for
president where religious centrists, nearly a quarter of the student vote,
will be the critical swing vote ... and likely the most influential group in
American politics for years," according to the survey.
Received on Mon Apr 17 13:49:36 2006