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by xenadu02 597 days ago
Christian "University" in the USA tends to be extremely hardcore biblical literalists (and in modern times explicitly right-wing politically). Within that context you are correct: the likes of Bob Jones, PCC, etc are extremely anti-intellectual and teach very anti-biblical belief systems. You'll often find the same thing in primary school education curriculum from Abeka, ACE (Accelerated Christian Education), etc.

It was eye-opening for me to get out from under that sort of lifestyle (thankfully pre-college). I began to understand there is a much wider set of beliefs under the "Christian" label, many of which are not anti-science nor politically motivated.