(March 5, 2013 at 2:47 am)jstrodel Wrote: David Hume was aware of the vanity of thinking too highly of his own intelligence, and wrote about this somewhere I can't remember. So was Stephen J Gould, during a Simpsons episode he asked to have a section removed where his mind was given a place of honor.
Humility is a virtue that will aid understanding.
Intelligence and humility are two different things...
Based on my old self, I think your endgame is a subtle agressive technique I used to use to lower atheists' guard. Make them realise that thinking too much isn't going to get you into heaven because it's what keeps you away from knowing God. Am I on the right track?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
