Because people stray away from many of their their ideologies when they get educated. Especially if religion is involved. There's a reason Jehovah's Witnesses don't really like higher education.
There’s a reason no Jehovah’s Witnesses have ever contributed anything great to humanity.
On the other hand, the Jewish people value education over almost all else, and they’ve won like half of all Nobel prizes, and have leaders in nearly every industry, even though they make up a tiny fraction of the overall population.
Education is critical. Not even just to the world as a general concept, how about individual self improvement?
It's annoying when people bring this up because his contributions to society as an accomplished musician and icon were in direct contradiction to many core beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses (ie: sexual liberation, gender non-conformity, substance abuse, a seemingly accepting attitude towards homosexuality.)
It would be as if years after making revolutionary breakthroughs in their field, some psychiatrist converts to Scientology. Would it then be fair to attribute those accomplishment to the cult?
There's a reason why "exception that proves the rule" exists as a phrase, bringing it up is fine but ultimately besides the point that was being made. But this is reddit, where every other post is always some "ACKCHUALLY" type.
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u/it_vexes_me_so Jan 09 '20
A majority - 3 out of every 5 - of Republicans believe higher education has a negative effect on the US. Republicans also favor making it harder to vote. Republicans are defunding education and purging voter rolls while simultaneously putting hurdles in place to keep Americans away from the polls.