OneofMany: “It always irks me when people dismiss what they have trouble with as ‘not worth knowing’ . . ..” Always? The sour grapes fable is often right on but that doesn’t prove that the grapes aren’t sour. Additionally, it irks me when people take a dismissal as a presumptive indication that the dismisser had or would have had trouble with the dismissed.
VeltzMeshugene: “[Y]ou can’t know that without having the foggiest idea what it is that you don’t know.”
Yes you can. By hearing it from someone who does know.
“It teaches them to be slackers” – Any empirical evidence to provide an informed basis to that undefined generality?
I’m not against a high level of secular education. There might even be an inherent value to some of it. However, the idea that Hashem would prefer that one should engage in more religious pursuits if one can, may be the furthest thing from “bizarre” I have ever seen on this website (granted, that is not saying much).
What constitutes behavior that is “more” religious may be up for debate. Additionally, I’m operating with the assumption that religion is good and that y’all share my assumption.