Life isn't about how smart you are
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Life isn't about how smart you are
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Jesus freaks are proof of that.
 RE: Life isn't about how smart you are
March 5, 2013 at 2:47 am
(This post was last modified: March 5, 2013 at 2:47 am by jstrodel.)
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. 
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"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence." -- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).  (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. 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
Intelligence is one thing, wisdom is another, but intelligence does help to gain wisdom, although higher intelligence doesn't always mean higher wisdom. I think intelligence without wisdom tends to turn vain. However I think intelligence practiced does bring more intelligence, and with moral reasoning and pure intention, it can lead to wisdom.
 (March 5, 2013 at 2:36 am)jstrodel Wrote: Life isn't about how smart you are Among sane people stupidity is not seen as a virtue and rightly so.
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life is about trying new things and to not be afraid of the unknown
this is the meaning of life  (March 5, 2013 at 2:36 am)jstrodel Wrote: Life isn't about how smart you are It's about how good looking and charismatic you are. Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them. Impersonation is treason.  (March 5, 2013 at 2:36 am)jstrodel Wrote: Life isn't about how smart you are Kind of depends on what your priorities are, I guess. Mine require that I constantly seek to expand my own sphere of experience and knowledge. Life isn't about how smart you are, but I'd certainly place importance in knowledge and becoming smarter in life. Why do you think being smart is a bad thing, Jstrodel?
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