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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostIvy league schools produce some of the least informed people in the world today, but as the late Dallas Willard astutely observed, "We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than one who believes. You can be almost as stupid as a cabbage, as long as you doubt. The fashion of the age has identified mental sharpness with a pose, not with genuine intellectual method and character. Only a very hardy individualist or social rebel -- or one desperate for another life -- therefore stands any chance of discovering the substantiality of the spiritual life today. Today it is the skeptics who are the social conformists, though because of powerful intellectual propaganda they continue to enjoy thinking of themselves as wildly individualistic and unbearably bright."“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostThe "sceptical person is always smarter than one who believes" because they engage in critical thinking...that's what they are taught to do at the Ivy League schools you so sweepingly dismiss as producing the "least informed people in the world". Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally about what to do or what to believe and includes the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking.That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by NorrinRadd View PostCruz was my guy in the primaries. His positions on almost everything were the closest to mine of the whole group. But he comes across as a nerdy weirdo. He reminds me of an adult version of the annoying kid in "Polar Express." He'd have gotten clobbered in the general election, and even if somehow he did manage to win, he would not have achieved as much as Trump has.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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I liked Cruz until he revealed himself to be an absolute weasel during the primaries, such as falsely announcing that Ben Carson had dropped out of the race, and trying to cut backroom deals to steal delegates from Trump. As for how he would have fared against Hillary, I think his debate style would have been perceived as too "high brow" for the average voter, and he would have stumbled against Hillary's "Aw, shucks" routine.
I also liked Rand Paul, but he basically disappeared before the primaries even got under way.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! They are taught how to get drunk and high and how to write useless 15 page papers on 17th century African basket making techniques...“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostYou consider this mindless prejudice against the value of education and the skills of critical thinking to be an example of the ability to think clearly and rationally do you?That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by Cerebrum123 View PostOut of the early candidates I was hoping for Ben Carson.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Cerebrum123 View PostOut of the early candidates I was hoping for Ben Carson.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Cerebrum123 View PostOut of the early candidates I was hoping for Ben Carson.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by Cerebrum123 View PostOut of the early candidates I was hoping for Ben Carson.“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostI’m sure Ben would be more than happy to reward your loyalty with dinner in his office at the Dept of Housing and Urban Development at his $31,000 customised hardwood dining room table, chairs and sideboard, which you helped pay for.That's what
- She
Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
- Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)
I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
- Stephen R. Donaldson
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostI’m sure Ben would be more than happy to reward your loyalty with dinner in his office at the Dept of Housing and Urban Development at his $31,000 customised hardwood dining room table, chairs and sideboard, which you helped pay for.Geislerminian Antinomian Kenotic Charispneumaticostal Gender Mutualist-Egalitarian.
Beige Federalist.
Nationalist Christian.
"Everybody is somebody's heretic."
Social Justice is usually the opposite of actual justice.
Proud member of the this space left blank community.
Would-be Grand Vizier of the Padishah Maxi-Super-Ultra-Hyper-Mega-MAGA King Trumpius Rex.
Justice for Ashli Babbitt!
Justice for Matthew Perna!
Arrest Ray Epps and his Fed bosses!
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Originally posted by NorrinRadd View PostKind of pales next to McCabe's $70,000 one.“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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