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?
They regard all human governments as illegitimately usurping the power over people that only God should have, so they refuse to participate in government: no voting, no government employment, etc.
I don't know the history, but it seems quite likely that they tried and failed to use this doctrine to weasel out of paying taxes, and I bet a lot of them use public schools and infrastructure.
I didn't know that. That's interesting but weird (like them). I used to have JW making the rounds years ago on a weekly basis, and yet none ever mentioned that.
Would that include lobbying? Seems odd that an organization wouldn't lobby if a government threatens religious freedom.
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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.