Comments on: about http://jaedadaddy.net dying of nothing but a rage to live Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:35:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brian http://jaedadaddy.net/about/#comment-1542 Brian Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:04:47 +0000 http://jaedadaddy.net/?page_id=2#comment-1542 Post more. I can't get enough of your writing. This stuff is good. I appreciate your "about me" section. Couldn't have put the way we were raised any better than that. Post more. I can’t get enough of your writing. This stuff is good. I appreciate your “about me” section. Couldn’t have put the way we were raised any better than that.

]]> By: dale http://jaedadaddy.net/about/#comment-96 dale Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:09:28 +0000 http://jaedadaddy.net/?page_id=2#comment-96 I agree that there is more than one path to intelligence. Most of my closest friends are Bible college grads, and I have had this discussion at least once with most of them. I’m not discounting the value of learning through (and despite) the bubble, but I’m not shy about criticizing the problems I see, either. I do have to point out, however, that a critical reading of the fundamentalist paragraph would find the most probable reading of that paragraph to be a tongue-in-cheek <em>reductio ad absurdum</em> of fundamentalism, not a literal belief that God purposely tries to ruin people’s lives. [sarcasm] I’m surprised, since differentiating between literal and non-literal passages is such a strong point of fundamentalism... [/sarcasm] I agree that there is more than one path to intelligence. Most of my closest friends are Bible college grads, and I have had this discussion at least once with most of them. I’m not discounting the value of learning through (and despite) the bubble, but I’m not shy about criticizing the problems I see, either.

I do have to point out, however, that a critical reading of the fundamentalist paragraph would find the most probable reading of that paragraph to be a tongue-in-cheek reductio ad absurdum of fundamentalism, not a literal belief that God purposely tries to ruin people’s lives.

[sarcasm] I’m surprised, since differentiating between literal and non-literal passages is such a strong point of fundamentalism… [/sarcasm]

]]> By: Mel http://jaedadaddy.net/about/#comment-93 Mel Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:06:55 +0000 http://jaedadaddy.net/?page_id=2#comment-93 Whether intentionally or not (mmm, we're going with not) pretty sure I've learned more critical thinking at my current insitution of higher learning than I would have almost anywhere else. More than one road leads to intelligence. Said critical thinking leads me to point out you are blaming God for the perverted actions of His creatures . . . sure plenty of people want me to be intellectually and emotionally stunted (I am not allowed to be superior, or at least I am only an inferior superior, since I am female), but I think God enjoys it when I prove them wrong. Not that they always realize they are being proven wrong . . . Whether intentionally or not (mmm, we’re going with not) pretty sure I’ve learned more critical thinking at my current insitution of higher learning than I would have almost anywhere else. More than one road leads to intelligence.

Said critical thinking leads me to point out you are blaming God for the perverted actions of His creatures . . . sure plenty of people want me to be intellectually and emotionally stunted (I am not allowed to be superior, or at least I am only an inferior superior, since I am female), but I think God enjoys it when I prove them wrong.

Not that they always realize they are being proven wrong . . .

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