Kansas Crimson

“bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭6‬:‭28‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/luk.6.28.NIV

pray in one hand, shit in the other…see which one fills up first

Proverbs 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

fools absolutely hate knowledge…that much is evident

I mean, sure.

I think the more accurate phenomenon to describe here is, the tendency for humans to seek out, and/or to only want to accept, knowledge that aligns with their beliefs, and reject knowledge that does not.

At the end of the day, it's very hard to actually be objective, particularly about beliefs as sensitive and as prone to bias as the religious thread.

So, rather, I think the better way to put this is: humans absolutely hate knowledge that conflicts with their beliefs, so much so that it can make people reject that knowledge foolishly; in a way that makes them act as fools even if they're otherwise brilliant.

nothing like a guy with your user name trying to wax philosophical and be taken serious

KUTradition wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 4:53 pm nothing like a guy with your user name trying to wax philosophical and be taken serious

This.

The internet tough guy shtick really only makes a fellow sound like he's desperately trying to compensate for the size of his...uh, username.

So instead - and if I may wax philosophical once again - I'd rather try for the Roosevelt wisdom of,

"Speak softly, and carry a Bigg Dick."

KUTradition wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2024 4:53 pm nothing like a guy with your user name trying to wax philosophical and be taken serious

Stuck in junior high.

actually...yea, stuck in junior high. That's a good way to put it!

Cuz actually, you guys remind me of this girl from junior high. She would always be a bitch and put me down every chance she got - in the hall, on the bus, in gym class, every chance.

I'd ask her to leave me alone, but she refused, instead going out of her way to keep putting me down.

Years later, when we ran into each other at a mutual friend's wedding, she confessed, "sorry I was such a bitch to you in junior high. The truth is, I had this big obsessive crush on you."

Now quick, one of you guys go for another junior high putdown and say it's fake news!

oh, and here's your friendly reminder that this is the religion thread.

This junior high was a public school, but fwiw I DID go to Catholic school before that.

Tho it was JoCo public schools which was pretty much the same thing.