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Seems most folks are pretty mature on this particular forum, whatever their age is.
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Does Age Matter?
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I don't trust anyone over 30!!! 
I look depending on what was said. If advice was given, I usually check out how much experience they may have, depending on the topic.
I look depending on what was said. If advice was given, I usually check out how much experience they may have, depending on the topic.
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Yes. If it is someone around my age meaning like a peer or older, I'll consider their thoughts. If it is someone considerably younger, I ignore their opinions.
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Apollo Celestio
Deal with it.
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Maybe I am arrogant. I don't care if I am or not to be honest with you. It's the way it is whatever it is called.
I know I'm not arrogant in myself. I can say that much. Just in who I take ideas from in regards to applying it to my own life...does that still mean I'm arrogant? Nah. Just that I'm picky and judgmental.
When I take something from someone else to apply it to my own life, I have a very strict standard that has to be met because it is my life. I will not let things that one I disagree with to such a degree that no matter how much I try to conceive I just can't(which can range to all types of topics), two has no application to my own life into my life. I call it discernment.
Lack of knowing something about me, and younger age with no experience or no understanding of the place I'm at in life at this age is rejected immediately. I don't have the belief that we can learn great things from everyone.
Is it full-proof? Of course not. Nothing is full-proof. I find it better than thinking I can learn something from everyone and everything. I don't want to be open to anything because that will have an affect. Plus, the times I have learned things from people have always come down to peer based age range(which ironically enough to the claim of arrogance, is an evolving means to learn new things because we age) to older people. I'll take my chances with what has worked for me instead of thinking, "we can learn things from everyone".
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Apollo Celestio
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I meant the statement in a wider context, but I can see you meant it in a very specific context. I don't see a problem with that, whether for good or for ill. It is your life after all.
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Bitnd12
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Blind post.
In short, no.
It's about life experience, not age. And you can't know about someone's life experiences until you talk to them. Also,
"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity." -1 Timothy 4:12.
To an extent, I'd say that it is almost unbiblical to take someone else's age into serious account when evaluating what they have to say [because it may allow for assumptions about them, ie, "they're young"]. Particularly in a forum like this, and when they have reached legal/social adulthood.
In short, no.
It's about life experience, not age. And you can't know about someone's life experiences until you talk to them. Also,
"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity." -1 Timothy 4:12.
To an extent, I'd say that it is almost unbiblical to take someone else's age into serious account when evaluating what they have to say [because it may allow for assumptions about them, ie, "they're young"]. Particularly in a forum like this, and when they have reached legal/social adulthood.
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I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't look down on the young. However, their age may influence how I react to what a young person has to say. Age is not always, but very often tied to life experience. Taking their age into account is, IMO, perfectly logical (and not unbiblical) because it's normal to see the full picture of where a statement/post is coming from...age, location, religion/denomination, etc.
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In actuality, the older they are, the more I'm more likely to expect them to be stuck in their ways
like sometimes, I see a post that makes me go, 
and I see their age and think, "Oh, that likely explains it." I don't think that of everyone 30+ or whatever, but when people make certain posts, I sometimes check to see what their age is. But like others have said, location is a bigger thing for more than age. Denominational leanings are also important.
I'm 19, and while I'm now an extremely spastic poster, I wonder if anyone ever thinks things of me based off my age. It would be interesting to know
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In actuality, the older they are, the more I'm more likely to expect them to be stuck in their ways
But like others have said, location is a bigger thing for more than age. Denominational leanings are also important.
I'm 19, and while I'm now an extremely spastic poster, I wonder if anyone ever thinks things of me based off my age. It would be interesting to know
You're only 19, you can't be asexual!!
DUH
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O RITE I guess I didn't think that one throughYou're only 19, you can't be asexual!!
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Mrs. Luther073082
Commit to the LORD whatever you do - Proverbs 16:3
Mostly it matters what the poster says. I've seen plenty of posters who are older but say and do the most immature things -- so I don't take them seriously. In fact, for a lot of them, if I see a post they've made I don't even bother to read it anymore. Likewise, I've seen posters who are younger than me who say very mature things and handle things in a mature way, and they have my respect.
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