Fundamentalism and Intellectualism

[AV1611VET]

Voters should absolutely be well-educated --- frivolous voting is one of the worst things about democracy!

We don't need a college education to vote though, do we?

 

[mpok1519]

Sounds to me like you were saying we need a higher education so we could get permission to procreate and vote.

Not at all. I just said I am irked by the fact that unintellegent/unknowledgeable people vote/procreate.

Stop turning this into "final solution" hitler discussion day please.
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It irks me that people are AGAINST higher education; it irks me that people OPPOSE education. This is what I am saying.

 

[AV1611VET]

It irks me that people are AGAINST higher education; it irks me that people OPPOSE education. This is what I am saying.

Well, if someone is going to choose to wrap himself in a cocoon of ignorance and live the rest of his life w/o metamorphosing into a more knowledgeable butterfly of virtue, that's his prerogative.

I happen to have a college degree myself, but I don't fault those people who choose not to get one.

 

[Nathan Poe]

Well, if someone is going to choose to wrap himself in a cocoon of ignorance and live the rest of his life w/o metamorphosing into a more knowledgeable butterfly of virtue, that's his prerogative.

True enough -- but then those same people insist on pulling everyone else down to their level -- or lower.

I've noticed ignorance tends to be infectious.

I happen to have a college degree myself, but I don't fault those people who choose not to get one.

Nor do I -- but there's a difference between "uneducated" and "ignorant"

 

[gaara4158]

We don't need a college education to vote though, do we?

Not necessarily a college education, just a sound knowledge of what they're voting on. People who don't want to know yet insist upon voting are the bad ones.

 

[redwards]

Holy ****, AV, I didn't realize you were famous. I just found your post on 'fundies say the darndest things . com'

There are a lot of things I have concluded to be wrong, without studying them in-depth. Evolution is one of them. The fact that I don't know that much about it does not bother me in the least. AV1611VET, Christian Forums [Comments (184)] [2006-Sep-12]

 

[redwards]

If your original Hebrew disagrees with my original King James --- your original Hebrew is wrong. If your original Hebrew agrees with my original King James, your original Hebrew is right. AV1611VET, Christian Forums [Comments (165)] [2006-Jul-20]

WOW. You're the greatest troll in the history of the internets.

 

[AV1611VET]

There are a lot of things I have concluded to be wrong, without studying them in-depth. Evolution is one of them. The fact that I don't know that much about it does not bother me in the least. AV1611VET, Christian Forums [Comments (184)] [2006-Sep-12]

Is there a problem with that quote?

I don't know diddly about Evolution, but I have concluded it to be wrong.

In fact, in my opinion, it's blasphemy --- but we won't go there ---

 

[TheBear]

Why does it seem that so many fundamentalist Christians are against intellectualism?

It does appear that way, doesn't it? My own personal opinion is that when the target audience is less informed and misinformed about the real world, they are more susceptible to superstitious beliefs, close-mindedness, ('final answer!' mentality), and the overall tribal, primitive, and divisive approach to it all.....to life....to humankind. That's just the way it appears to me. Of course, I could be wrong. I'm not infallible. But that's just the way I see it. That's all.

 

[redwards]

Is there a problem with that quote?

I don't know diddly about Evolution, but I have concluded it to be wrong.

In fact, in my opinion, it's blasphemy --- but we won't go there ---

On what basis do you conclude it to be wrong?

 

[AV1611VET]

WOW. You're the greatest troll in the history of the internets.

Thank you --- but before you give me too much credit --- read what I said slowly.

All I'm simply saying is that the two are in 100% agreement with each other.

Like a dollar bill --- how do you spot a fake one?

By comparing the real one to the template.

If I came across a Hebrew document that called God, 'Yahweh', for instance, and another document that called Him, 'Jehovah', in the same passage --- I would opt for the 'Jehovah' passage as more authentic.

 

[gaara4158]

Holy ****, AV, I didn't realize you were famous. I just found your post on 'fundies say the darndest things . com'

There are a lot of things I have concluded to be wrong, without studying them in-depth. Evolution is one of them. The fact that I don't know that much about it does not bother me in the least. AV1611VET, Christian Forums [Comments (184)] [2006-Sep-12]

Oh, there's pages and pages of AV quotes on fstdt...

 

[AV1611VET]

On what basis do you conclude it to be wrong?

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[redwards]

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...on what basis to you conclude the bible to be accurate?

 

[redwards]

Thank you --- but before you give me too much credit --- read what I said slowly.

All I'm simply saying is that the two are in 100% agreement with each other.

Like a dollar bill --- how do you spot a fake one?

By comparing the real one to the template.

If I came across a Hebrew document that called God, 'Yahweh', for instance, and another document that called Him, 'Jehovah', in the same passage --- I would opt for the 'Jehovah' passage as more authentic.

Because you praise the familiar over the original?

 

[Nathan Poe]

...on what basis to you conclude the bible to be accurate?

He's a presuppositionalist -- he never concluded it; he just assumes it.

 

[Nathan Poe]

Like a dollar bill --- how do you spot a fake one?

By comparing the real one to the template.

Don't you need to know what a real one looks like first?

 

[mpok1519]

Well, if someone is going to choose to wrap himself in a cocoon of ignorance and live the rest of his life w/o metamorphosing into a more knowledgeable butterfly of virtue, that's his prerogative.

enabling unhealthy behavior is unhealthy though, I'm sure.

I happen to have a college degree myself, but I don't fault those people who choose not to get one.

i dont either. and a degree has nothing to do with it. it has to do with expanding one's awareness.

 

[jpcedotal]

Not necessarily a college education, just a sound knowledge of what they're voting on. People who don't want to know yet insist upon voting are the bad ones.

This is where you are showing your age. Do you think the politicians want the voters to know exactly without all the sugar what they are voting on?

 

[jpcedotal]

Here's the difference between the two...we got it right.