‘Universities have rejected the centrality of God … but nothing has taken its place,’ president says
Higher education “brainwashing” may be to blame for President Donald Trump’s latest assassination attempt and the emerging trend of the “educated assassin,” Cornerstone University President Gerson Moreno-Riaño recently said.
“A troubling trend that appears to be emerging is that of the ‘educated assassin,’ individuals who do not fit the typical profile of people who commit such heinous acts,” Moreno-Riaño said, according to Fox News.
“These individuals are often schooled in some of America’s most elite institutions and act out of a perverted philosophical conviction that sees the killing of others not as evil, but as justified,” he said.
Moreno-Riaño added that he has been concerned for many years that some of the most highly educated people in the country are not merely activists, but violent activists.
He suggested that this behavior could be a result of “brainwashing.”
“When education ceases to educate, when it’s ideological, when it’s brainwashing, when it’s indoctrination, it’s no longer education … It’s something very different,” he said.
The university president also criticized universities for their “crisis of morality.”
“The universities have rejected the centrality of God, a theistic Christian worldview, but nothing has taken its place,” he said.
He added that universities have “no moral compass” and are failing to give students “guidance and moral direction” as a result.