Why American Children Stopped Believing in God by Cameron Hilditch

There is no doubt that our society is becoming more and more secular. Why this is occurring is something that many people may want to debate. Some would say that more education is simply causing people to have less belief in God. Research seems to point to something else. In the article below the argument is made, based on research, that more education has never made people less religious. What has made people less religious, and more secular, is our education system itself and the secular ideology that it promotes.  

This quote from the article sums this up nicely:

Children learn more at school than reading, writing, and arithmetic. They imbibe a whole set of implied assumptions about what’s important in life. By excluding religious instruction from public schools, the government-run education system tacitly teaches students that religious commitments are not a first-order priority in life. Faith in God becomes a sort of optional weekend hobby akin to playing tennis or video games. 

It is worth noting that the above quote is true regardless of how secular the school is. Many public schools may not be teaching anything that seems blatantly anti-Biblical.  However, they are teaching kids what is important and what their focus in life should be. For many of us the answer to this issue is to take control of our children’s education by educating them at home.  Read the article and consider what it says about the importance of our children’s education.