We are not going to talk about God and war.

That, apparently, is the attitude and policy of many of our universities. They have stopped teaching students about God or religion. They have stopped teaching about war.

In many schools you may earn a degree in history without studying much if anything about religion. You may end up with a liberal arts degree without any knowledge of war.

Now some academics will offer a hundred reasons why they don’t want to teach these subjects.

They will say that God is dead. They will argue that religions have caused all sorts of problems over the centuries. They will point to some religions today and tell you they keep women in slavery. They will claim that whole nations have been smothered by religions.

They will tell you war is evil. That war gains little in the end. That it wastes resources. And beggars nations. And, of course, butchers their young men and civilians. They will assure you war represents a failure of reason. They may also tell you they despised the Korean War, Vietnam War and Iraq War.

To them I say: You have cited a hundred good reasons for teaching these subjects.

How can you call a person “educated” when the person has no knowledge of religion?