man c: no but there is burger king near metro, but their religious meal deal is a waste of time

In some cases, if you give people advice, it is arrogant. Maybe the other person knows better than you. But we are talking to "handles" on a forum. You don't know who you're talking to.

And some discussions are complex. It's not always clear who is right or who is wrong.

Also, many people are in denial. If someone weighs 600 lbs and eats at McDonald's every day, then yeah maybe they need to be lectured to lay off the Big Macs and you'd be doing them a favor.

By the way, I'm not convinced that there aren't some bitter people out there with Phds who regret it. I've met a couple.

@dolphin: "we are talking to "handles" on a forum. You don't know who you're talking to."

But sometime a little cross-referencing between threads goes a long way.

For example in case of OP, we can establish that he already has what seems like a job and perhaps even a career, and is only looking to take some higher education classes on his spare time, instead of loitering in KTVs and bars. Commendable as such.

Loitering in KTVs and bars isn't the only other option. btw.

Ok, go for it. If you get a job at the vatican after completing your phd in religious studies, please let me know what they're doing at those observatories.

@Dolphin: "If you get a job at the vatican"

Now you are probably still confusing "handles" in the thread, namely me and the OP.

I am seeking neither PhD in any field nor a job in the Vatican or elsewhere, so it would serve you well to address the correct handle in your comments.

That said, you may now also be going the way of someone else on this thread by confusing education in religion to indoctrination in a such religion.

I don't believe a mere PhD in religion will land a job in the Vatican. That's where the indoctrination comes in, I suspect.

And I'm sure that if there is any education about religion in China, it will have zero tolerance for indoctrination or serving of this or that god.

With the notable exception of communism (or what's left of it - or it's container mechanisms) of course, if you allow to extend from religion a little.

But what do I know, I'm an atheist either way.

@JanJal, my sarcastic vatican comment was not directed at you. I didn't really intend to discuss religion as much as Phds in general. I come from a Catholic upbringing. I hated being forced to go to Church. At about 13, I stopped going. That was my 'Phd in religion'.

Perhaps it wasn't even fair for me to comment in this thread as I have not done a Phd myself. One last (negative, sorry!) comment though .... I did meet a guy who did a Phd at Oxford ... and he told me there was a high level of "mental disturbance" among Phd students there... not sure why .. too much stress? ... concepts too abstract? ... you can find several articles online about this phenomenon ... I don't want to debate it or spoil OP's thread any further. Good luck to all pursuing Phds and religions.

The PhD students at my grad school also had a high level of mental disturbance, and poor social skills in some as well. The same was true of the professors.

In the cases of those who cannot otherwise fit into the schoolyard environment, solace can found in study. A love of knowledge can develop, unencumbered by the distractions of socializing, sport, pop music, and conkers.

Not all PhD students are odd, but many would not fit into the mainstream, because they are exceptional, in one way or another; good or bad.