[CoffeeSaint]

A lot of this depends on your definition of education. If being educated means being able to follow a specific pre-determined line of reasoning and come to a defined conclusion (the ability that makes one good at standardized tests), then yes, religion supports and promotes that and does it very well. If education is defined more as the ability to question and criticize already determined paths and conclusions, and thus to force stronger proofs or even new ideas, then religions are not strongest when teaching people to question authority and think for themselves. Not that religions don't ever teach that, but at some point it breaks down: at some time, the questioner has to stop questioning because to do otherwise would mean questioning god. I don't believe that religions teach us to do that.

I think it is this second definition of education -- which I would term free thinking, or creativity -- which leads to the slaughter of intellectuals by totalitarian regimes. It is free thinkers who lead rebellions, or at least foment them.

I would think, then, that there are some religious institutions that see themselves somewhat like totalitarians, and would want to squash free thinking as counterproductive to their goals. For the most part, however, I think that religious institutions are simply not the greatest educators, because they cannot truly teach us to question; they already have at least some of the answers.