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That isn't to say that there aren't some intelligent people without bachelor's degrees.
I think his point was that there are plenty of people dumber than a sack of rubbers
that have college degrees. A college degree is not a guarantee of intelligence nor common sense. Using the attainment of a college degree to judge a person's character is quite shallow, even a little strange. It does, however, give a slight glimpse into the mindset of the one making the correlation.
Why don't you just come out and share, what dog you have in this hunt....you sure are angry about this.
"More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Letter from Birmingham Jail, MLK, 1963
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I didn't choose to be straight, I was born this way.
Bingo. Then why can't you accept that people are born gay.
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You are so consumed and angry over this, I seriously pray that you can move
on from this, it appears to be consuming you.
Save your condescending prayers, please.
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I think his point was that there are plenty of people dumber than a sack of rubbers
that have college degrees. A college degree is not a guarantee of intelligence nor common sense. Using the attainment of a college degree to judge a person's character is quite shallow, even a little strange. It does, however, give a slight glimpse into the mindset of the one making the correlation.
Educated people advance our species. The more one understands about the world, the more one can empathize with those different from them. This is certainly character building. Character and intelligence often go hand in hand. Often they do not (witness the Wall Street debacle). I don't necessarily think someone without a degree can't have good character, but he or she is certainly more prone to xenophobia and superstition
There are certainly people of average intelligence with college degrees these days. But, no one "dumber than a sack of rubbers" can graduate from college.
You could not have done a better job of proving my point.
There is nothing shallow about putting more trust in informed and educated people with decisions that affect society as a whole.
What would your alternate criteria be?
Furthermore, I was not initially judging character based on education. I was pointing out that those will less education, on average, were more likely to vote for this destructive amendment than those with more education. From that concrete example, we see that people with more education, on average, in this instance have acted with superior character than those with less education.
"More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Letter from Birmingham Jail, MLK, 1963
Bingo. Then why can't you accept that people are born gay.
Save your condescending prayers, please.
Learn your history. Either learn God's word or don't try to "use" it.
Your continual posting on this topic and degrading anyone who is in opposition of you constitutes trolling. Today is the first time, I posted on this thread.
People are NOT born gay. People are born straight, with the choice if choosing to sin. Read my first post in this thread.
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I beg to differ on your last statement. I know of a city full of college graduates who are dumber than a sack of rubbers. It's called Washington, DC.
Oh that's awful original. I'm sure you could step right into the role of a pentagon adviser or a think tank economist and just blow them out of the water.
Oh that's awful original. I'm sure you could step right into the role of a pentagon adviser or a think tank economist and just blow them out of the water.
I hope you don't believe that anything you have said in the recent thread is anywhere near "original". Apparently you have no sense of humor, or any desire to share a chuckle with anyone that is not in your little shallow world. I am neutral on the subject of gay marriage, and use these threads as a tool to help me to form an opinion. The blatant overtones of condescension and self righteousness in your posts hopefully do not represent the mindset of the majority of the people on your side of the issue.
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