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rug

(82,333 posts)
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 07:03 AM Jul 2016

Do Jesuit schools turn students into atheists?

July 23, 2016
by Jacob Lupfer

As media report on Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine’s ties to Jesuit institutions, I guess this joke was inevitable.

Tim Kaine was educated by Jesuits, so we’re finally guaranteed an atheist on the ticket.

— Kieran Healy (@kjhealy) July 23, 2016

Kaine attended a Jesuit high school and served for a time with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.

I know enough Jesuit-educated people who are no longer involved with religion to get why the joke is funny.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jacoblupfer/2016/07/do-jesuit-schools-turn-students-into-atheists/
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Do Jesuit schools turn students into atheists? (Original Post) rug Jul 2016 OP
Mine didn't turn me into an athiest, but it turned me into a non-Catholic. Squinch Jul 2016 #1
That's one reason it's the largest Roman Catholic Order. rug Jul 2016 #2
Critical thinking? ¿Qué? Is that allowed? Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #3
It's required. rug Jul 2016 #4
Yes. Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #5
Ask Galileo PassingFair Jul 2016 #8
Ask Lemaître. rug Jul 2016 #9
Lupfer is reasonably accurate Brettongarcia Jul 2016 #6
Pope Ignatius doesn't have the same ring to it. rug Jul 2016 #7
"Iggy"? Brettongarcia Jul 2016 #10
As stupid as "Frank". rug Jul 2016 #11

Squinch

(50,774 posts)
1. Mine didn't turn me into an athiest, but it turned me into a non-Catholic.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 07:06 AM
Jul 2016

They're very good at teaching you how to think critically.

Brettongarcia

(2,262 posts)
6. Lupfer is reasonably accurate
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 02:04 PM
Jul 2016

To forestall suspicion that he was too jesuitical though, the pope obviously took a name that invoked a rival, somewhat more pious, more pastoral order: the Franciscans.

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