The words education and religion are synonyms. The words education, religion and life are synonyms. We are not compelled, however, to make this identity an issue of public acceptance. The exploration and construction required of us do not demand that this identity be made patent. Nonetheless, it will not hurt us to be mindful that the both the United States Military Academy at West Point and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis were founded by military Chaplains.
Education is religion.
Religion is education. Both of these actions were taken, incidentally, by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan in 1945. The effect was that in a little over five years pandemic disease was eradicated from Japan, including TB, infant morality became one of the least on the planet and the population increased in stature and bone straightness. Besides universal vaccinations, the main ingredient of this medical miracle was the enforced addition of milk to the diet of Japanese children. Milk and shots made modern Japan.