Most professors hold unfavorable view of evangelicals, study says

The majority of professors at America's colleges and universities hold an unfavorable view of evangelical Christians that leads to prejudice and intolerance in the classroom, a recent study on educators' religious opinions confirmed.Evangelicals were the only major religious denomination to be viewed negatively by a majority of faculty, the study released May 7 by the Institute for Jewish & Community Research noted.Among non-evangelical university faculty, 53 percent in a sampling of 1,200 said they held an unfavorable view of evangelical Christians while expressing positive feelings toward most other religious groups.One professor said he attributes the disdain for evangelicals to their Republican Party activism and their perceived opposition to science.Gary Tobin,the institute's director and chief pollster, said the results undoubtedly reveal "bias and prejudice"among the nation's educational leaders."If a majority of faculty said they did not feel warmly about Muslims or Jews or Latinos or African Americans, there would be an outcry," Tobin told The Washington Post."No one would attempt to justify or explain those feelings. No one would say, 'The reason they feel this way is because they don't like the politics of blacks or the politics of Jews.'That would be unthinkable."Tobin found that 71 percent of faculty members agreed with the statement:"This country would be better off if Christian fundamentalists kept their religious beliefs out of politics."...
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PS:The Bible says:"And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake"(Luke 21:17)
As in the days of Noah...