Teaching A Girl To Think Part 1When people think of a biblical blueprint for a girl's education, they often see a major conflict between this and a so called higher education. Both sides argue that a college or university education would be wasted on a girl that prepares to be her husband's help meet as a good and godly home keeper and mother to their children, with a different thrust of the argument, of course. One side wants to stress the importance of young women to stay under the protection of their fathers until married and not run off to college or university, the other side wants to stress the importance of equality of chances, and basically uses the argument to make biblical womanhood look hopelessly backward and outdated. Both sides, however, are missing the point. The question of whether or not a girl is able to think straight and reason well, whether or not she is able to be a responsible adult who knows God's word and follows it, whether or not she is able to fulfill her part in the family with intelligence, prudence, and efficiency has nothing to do with what the world calls a higher education. How many people with a degree in one field or another have you met that, other than in their chosen field of knowledge, were unable to follow a discussion with the necessary concentration and awareness, or were unable to apply simple logic, or were unable to develop a consistent view about anything ? How many so called educated people fall back on the "I mean, come on!" attitude when faced with something they are simply unwilling to accept or even see, or resort to an ad hominem attitude, or to other logical fallacies ? The kind of higher education we should strive for in our children is not to be had in a college or university. Instead of looking at society's standards, we look to the bible for the goal in educating our children. The first and foremost principle we find in the bible is that teaching our children is our own responsibility, and not that of either church or state. Read on here: |
