J. Gresham Machen Quote

"Place the lives of children in their formative years, despite the convictions of their parents, under the intimate control of experts appointed by the state, force them to attend schools where the higher aspirations of humanity are crushed out, and where the mind is filled with the materialism of the day, and it is difficult to see how even the remnants of liberty can subsist."

by:	J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937) American Presbyterian New Testament scholar, educator, professor at Princeton Seminary, formed the Westminster Theological Seminary
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Categories:	Education, Materialism, Statism, Humanity, Liberty
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A very astute in the obvious observation. The occupying statist theocracy infesting this land's religious seminaries (government schools) have trained up the next generation of parents to not be able to even recognize any remnants of liberty.  -- Mike, Norwalk
Yes an accurate observation, but, Machen lacked the backbone to mix religion and politics, perhaps at his lack of understanding three key liberties. The first, Chophshiy, economic liberty would cut against the grain and the governments "legalized plunder" of the sovereign individual. Sounds very much like the denominational stance for socialism that infest this nation and global communities at large. One star for the correct observation.  -- Ronw13, ID
Wouldn't it be best to place the children in the most natural environment?  Wouldn't it be best to question every procedure of the child's rearing, administering, and preparation? Socialism is the challenge of social abilities to create naturalism.  -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown

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