(July 16, 2014 at 9:56 pm)GalacticBusDriver Wrote:(July 15, 2014 at 10:47 pm)Revelation777 Wrote: If God didn't grant you the gift you have then you wouldn't be able to do what you do.
You are a fucking asshole to belittle anyone's hard earned skills this way.
I feel that this is an important point. I'm a structural engineering student. I work researching new methods of testing and construction. To gain the knowledge necessary to do this I spend years studying, many days for 8-12 hours a day outside of classes. On project weeks I'll wake up, grab breakfast in the library, and then stay in the reference section until I go home, then sit with a textbook and engineering paper on my lap. This isn't a gift I was given. Your doctors, lawyers, weren't GIVEN anything. They send themselves into nervous tired messes in order to gain these skills.
I am of the opinion that anyone can become anything given the urge to put in the effort (with exceptions for surgeons and such, genetic hand tremors stop some). This isn't a matter of god giving a gift to a select few. This is a few deciding to put in work and expand knowledge and skill.