I was often ridiculed by family, peers, and school faculty for my writing. I once did a paper where I built up to my thesis with a great deal of introductory work rather that state it at the beginning. I wanted to provide the reader with the thesis the same way it was presented to me-searching and deciphering information. I was trying to prove my thesis before it was stated. It was an intellectual risk that I thought was a good idea, but it didn't follow standard form and couldn't be assessed by the standard rubric, so I got a 'D'.
I wrote a novella that was poked fun of by a professor. I recently lengthened it into a full scale novel and am submitting it to a publisher. I write differently than most, and to let others read it is a real deep look into who I really am. Putting it in the view of the Public was a huge step for me.
I honestly think they don't have enough information to keep up with the debate and feel threatened by those who do. And rather than ask for more information or admit that they may be wrong, they try to shield themselves by pouncing on the real debaters hoping that they will lose track of the thread and thus end the arguement.
there is most definitely a difference between ignorant arguing and good clean arguement. Many resort to arguing/slamming/insulting because they have limited knowledge on the topic at hand and quickly run out of ammo, or they just refuse to see facts when they are presented to them. (even if it's in a nice way) But those people expose themselves as being a little dim when they post the way they do.
One of my favorite quotes is this....
"Don't raise your voice......Raise your arguement."
Well, you're in luck...The Book of revelations eludes to the fact that it can never be too late to believe in Christ. Kind of like a disclaimer at the end of a car dealership commercial. So if we're wrong, we're still in good shape....
Thanks for the link. I've seen it,as well as many others. There's so much information on the topic, there would never be enough room on this site to hold it all.
When you delve deeper into all of it (as a researcher) and look at things like the Sumerians' Cylander seals describing the solar system (planets)accurately and in order, and how they all orbit the Sun, which predates the heliocentric theory by thousands of years, you can't help but wonder how they came up with that concusion.....
Thanks. I'm trying to get back into the groove of things. When I first started here, I stuck mainly to the religion and politics threads.
It took me a while to hit up the main boards and post in funnier threads, (starting a few myself) but I figure I'd hang back in the religion and politics ones again for a while psting in others here and there. But religion is actually where I'm most comfortable.
I've written a bunch of papers on this topic. It's good for a history lesson. Rather thatn rely on faith, I prefer fact, and proofs.
I respect those that have faith and can adhere to it (without preaching and attacking--cause I'll bite right back) But I for one, can't find enough "proof" to go that way.
This is kinda cool. (Plus I bumped the thread for Brezee)
Sumerian religion was polytheistic, that is, the Sumerians believed in and worshipped many gods. These gods were incredibly powerful and anthropomorphic, that is, they resembled humans. Many of these gods controlled natural forces and were associated with astronomical bodies, such as the sun. The gods were creator gods; as a group, they had created the world and the people in it. Like humans, they suffered all the ravages of human emotional and spiritual frailties: love, lust, hatred, anger, regret. Among the gods' biggest regrets was the creation of human life; the Sumerians believed that these gods regretted the creation of human life and sent a flood to destroy their faulty creation, but one man survived by building a boat. While the destruction of the earth in a great flood is nearly universal in all human mythology and religion, we can't be sure if the Semites had a similar story or took it over from the Sumerians. This is, of course, a question of contemporary significance: According to Genesis, the origionator of the Hebrew race, the patriarch of Abraham, origionally came from...(guess where?) the sumerian city of Ur!
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
There is nother version of this, but I prefer this one. I think it's one of the more powerful quotes I've heard in a long time.
(I just watched "Coach Carter" for like the 100th time)
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Our deepest fear.....
I was often ridiculed by family, peers, and school faculty for my writing. I once did a paper where I built up to my thesis with a great deal of introductory work rather that state it at the beginning. I wanted to provide the reader with the thesis the same way it was presented to me-searching and deciphering information. I was trying to prove my thesis before it was stated. It was an intellectual risk that I thought was a good idea, but it didn't follow standard form and couldn't be assessed by the standard rubric, so I got a 'D'.I wrote a novella that was poked fun of by a professor. I recently lengthened it into a full scale novel and am submitting it to a publisher. I write differently than most, and to let others read it is a real deep look into who I really am. Putting it in the view of the Public was a huge step for me.