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Revision as of 21:27, December 12, 2014
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''See also:'' [[Academia and intellectual development]] and [[Professor values|Values within academia]]
''See also:'' [[Academia and intellectual development]] and [[Professor values|Values within academia]]
[[File:Dennis Prager.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|[[Dennis Prager]] ]]
[[Judaism|Jewish]] columnist [[Dennis Prager]] has stated that a causal factor of atheism is the "secular indoctrination of a generation."<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=43734 How atheism is being sold in America]</ref> Prager stated that "From elementary school through graduate school, only one way of looking at the world – the secular – is presented. The typical individual in the [[Western World|Western world]] receives as secular an indoctrination as the typical European received a religious one in the [[Middle Ages]]."<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=43734 How atheism is being sold in America]</ref> In 2013, an study found that academia was less likely to hire evangelical Christians due to discriminatory attitudes.<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/06/10/suspicions-confirmed-academia-shutting-out-conservative-professors-n1616406/page/full Suspicions Confirmed: Academia Shutting Out Conservative Professors]</ref>
[[Dinesh D'Souza]] has pointed out that [[Atheism|atheists]] have focused considerable efforts on the public schools in order to indoctrinate young people into atheistic beliefs.<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/dineshdsouza/2007/10/22/the_atheist_indoctrination_project/page/full The atheist indoctrination project]</ref>
Research indicates that religious conservatives face discrimination in hiring within academia.<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/06/10/suspicions-confirmed-academia-shutting-out-conservative-professors-n1616406/page/full Suspicions Confirmed: Academia Shutting Out Conservative Professors] by Rachel Alexander, June 10, 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=9&article=84 Quick, "Let’s Discriminate Against the Creationists!"] by Apologetics Press</ref>
Research indicates that religious conservatives face discrimination in hiring within academia.<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/06/10/suspicions-confirmed-academia-shutting-out-conservative-professors-n1616406/page/full Suspicions Confirmed: Academia Shutting Out Conservative Professors] by Rachel Alexander, June 10, 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=9&article=84 Quick, "Let’s Discriminate Against the Creationists!"] by Apologetics Press</ref>