What Happens When We Use Religion as an Answer

Someone put this on FB and said that a family member had posted it:

QUOTE OF THE DAY FROM BEN CARSON : “ If someone asks about your educational background, proclaim boldly that: Church is my college. Heaven is my university. Father God is my counselor. Jesus is my principal. Holy Spirit is my teacher. Angels are my classmates. Bible is my textbook. Temptations are my exams. Overcoming Satan is my hobby. Winning souls for God is my assignment. Receiving eternity is my degree. Praise and Worship are my slogan. If you are a child of God bless you!”

Here’s what real people think of Ben Carson’s recommended answer to the education question, and I’ve only used their initials. Trigger warning: it’s not pretty.

Comments

• N.W: Next!
• J.C: He’s such a tapdancer.
• L.H: That explains why he thinks the pyramids were built to store grain.
• D.G: Then why did he go to college and then to medical school?
• T.B: Oof… I didn’t make it far. I have little patience for the shit that comes out of Token’s mouth.
• K.F: When someone asks you about your educational background, say this to let them know you’re an idiot and they can move on.
• T.S: What an incredibly dull and blinkered life that is…
• L.S: Well fuck. No wonder I was expelled.
• D.L.C: So, yeah, I would definitely get…