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InVinoVeritas · 10-12-2007, 04:27 AM

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il Padrino Ute · 10-12-2007, 04:32 AM

I don't have the problem of being an intellectual. I'm just a dumb guy doing the best I can.

Detroitdad · 10-12-2007, 05:05 AM

I think it is a good question, but with a simple answer. They justify it to themselves in the same way that persons who flaunt their wealth in a way that is prideful do when they consider themselves or any other group with a potential personality flaw. Which is to say rarely or not at all.

Or they simply think that it does not apply to them. And truthfully in a religion that prides itself on personal revelation, but also is stridently hierarchical this will always be a difficult juxtaposition for the institutional church and members at large, besides the "intellectuals or post-mormons."

RockyBalboa · 10-12-2007, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by InVinoVeritas

ormons, who question doctrine and live on the fringe of belief, react or reply to scriptures warning the educated of their own intellectual snobbery?

You've many answers and examples here to choose from. Take your pick.

fusnik11 · 10-12-2007, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

You've many answers and examples here to choose from. Take your pick.

You are such a champion of the church.

Detroitdad · 10-12-2007, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by fusnik11

You are such a champion of the church.

Don't just show up and post some lame-o crap. At least respond to the question.

All-American · 10-12-2007, 06:05 AM

Mostly, we just look at you and laugh.

Because you're so stupid.

Dumbass.

(Nah, if there's any ounce of wisdom to which I've ascribed, it has only been to inform me of how little wisdom I've actually obtained. I think that is the real meaning of those warnings. Clearly, God wants us to obtain intelligence, but we need to recognize that we know not all things just because we know some things, or even many things.)

Archaea · 10-12-2007, 06:12 AM

You'll have to ask an intellectual. When I find one, I'll ask.

fusnik11 · 10-12-2007, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

You'll have to ask an intellectual. When I find one, I'll ask.

Ask me on Saturday. I'll be wearing my smart hat.

SoCalCoug · 10-12-2007, 06:17 AM

Why is "intellectual" so often used as a pejorative by LDS and CB members? Have I missed some scriptural prohibition on exercising your intellect?

10-12-2007, 04:27 AM	#1
InVinoVeritas Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Boston (for a bit) Posts: 21	How do intellectual post mormons or intellectual m orbs Last edited by InVinoVeritas; 09-02-2010 at 03:49 PM.

10-12-2007, 04:32 AM	#2
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	I don't have the problem of being an intellectual. I'm just a dumb guy doing the best I can. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

10-12-2007, 06:05 AM	#7
All-American Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,420	Mostly, we just look at you and laugh. Because you're so stupid. Dumbass. (Nah, if there's any ounce of wisdom to which I've ascribed, it has only been to inform me of how little wisdom I've actually obtained. I think that is the real meaning of those warnings. Clearly, God wants us to obtain intelligence, but we need to recognize that we know not all things just because we know some things, or even many things.) __________________ εν αρχη ην ο λογος

10-12-2007, 06:12 AM	#8
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	You'll have to ask an intellectual. When I find one, I'll ask. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

10-12-2007, 06:17 AM	#10
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	Why is "intellectual" so often used as a pejorative by LDS and CB members? Have I missed some scriptural prohibition on exercising your intellect? __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

10-12-2007, 05:05 AM	#3
Detroitdad Resident Jackass Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Roswell, New Mexico Posts: 1,846	I think it is a good question, but with a simple answer. They justify it to themselves in the same way that persons who flaunt their wealth in a way that is prideful do when they consider themselves or any other group with a potential personality flaw. Which is to say rarely or not at all. Or they simply think that it does not apply to them. And truthfully in a religion that prides itself on personal revelation, but also is stridently hierarchical this will always be a difficult juxtaposition for the institutional church and members at large, besides the "intellectuals or post-mormons."