Re: Boy Genius or Craft Idiot?

From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Sun Jun 01 2003 - 06:05:32 MDT

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    In a message dated 6/1/2003 12:18:58 AM Central Standard Time,
    fauxever@sprynet.com quotes Ron h: Does your example or your argument gain power when it is
    couched an offensive manner? No I didn't misunderstand anything. You have
    made yourself very clear. You feel prerfectly justified in insulting people
    that you have never had offend you in any way.
    ##Then you replied, "What was offensive about what I said?"

    Olga,
           The term "religious nut" comes to mind. You have thrown that around
    throughout your writing. Unless I am mistaken you have even used the term in
    connection with a 13 year old boy having remarked that his intelligence was a
    gift from God.
           You wrote earlier, 'On the other hand he says: "[arrogantly] I believe
    I was given a special gift from God, and [humbly] I don't know why" ... and
    [as Miss America candidates are inclined to say] "I want to use this gift to
    help all mankind and bring lasting world peace." [my italics] Being that I am
    constantly naive on this subject, it is astouding to me when people say they
    were given a special gift from god (female singers are especially likely to say
    this). But what I don't understand is how a brain
    (as in the boy genius story) that makes mathematical and scientific
    connections doesn't make the observation that we just crawled out of the ocean not all
    that long ago ... and that there is no Monkey King.'

           ##So your concept of God is a "Monkey King?" You are capable of
    determining that the boy is being alternately "Arrogant" and "Humble?" And when
    you are called on your being insulting you evade and heap further insulting beh
    avior on the pile.
           All of which sounds to me as if you are a self appointed God with the
    power to be judge, jury and executioner. Isn't that the way "religious nuts"
    behave?
    Ron h.



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