So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence?

Answer 1

Some things are taken for granted!

like== Only a FOOL would think there is no God!

How about YOU?
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Answer 2

I'm not sure the point you are trying to make here but this is what I found. Some of these passages are not from the Gospels.

Luke 2:52 (Amplified Bible)
52And Jesus increased in wisdom (in broad and full understanding) and in stature and years, and in favor with God and man.

Exodus 31:3 (Amplified Bible)
3And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and ability, in understanding and intelligence, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship

Proverbs 2:6 (Amplified Bible)
6For the Lord gives skillful and godly Wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

2 Timothy 2:15 (Amplified Bible)
15Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.

Answer 3

The gospels praise ignorance and blind faith in what cannot be proven, not intelligence, common sense, or skepticism. Jesus said that his followers were to be like children--gullible, unable to make decisions for themselves, accepting of whatever they are told. He referred to his followers as slaves and sheep. Slaves have no will and are not required to think for themselves because their masters do all their thinking for them. Domestic sheep are not known for their intelligence--in fact, to call someone a "sheep" is to infer that he is stupid, mindless, and utterly without any will of his own. We all know what happens to sheep, of course...they wind up in the grocery, packaged as lamb chops and mutton. Paul said that God deliberately chooses the simple-minded, not the wise. That goes a long way towards explaining quite a lot about Christ-insanity, doesn't it?

Answer 4

Intelligence, as our culture defines it, is not really covered in the Bible. There were probably no tools for measuring IQ, as we understand it.

However, wisdom is a characteristic highly in favor with the LORD. It was held in high regard, and to be sought after.

Now, my understanding of wisdom, in the earthly sense, is more about listening to others and learning from them, which does not really address the issue of intelligence.

Answer 5

Agreed!

1 Corinthians 1:25
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.

1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness" ;

Answer 6

i am a muslim, i found this verse in the bible.

Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:

but when i reason with the christian friends , they say that faith is contrary with reason.

In Islam, faith is always based on reason.

www.islamtomorrow.com


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Answer 7

bcptm!!!!!!!--you nailed it!!!(no pun intended!!)---i agree!!---ignorance is bliss--i guess thats why all these bible quoters smile alot!!!----ever notice when you ask a question about god or the bible--they just quote the book!!!--all the answers are in the book---read the book!!---believe in the book--- it cracks me up---most don,t have a single original thought in there head!!!--yessiree bob!!--they are right!!! and no-one can tell them any different---like lemmings into the sea!!!-----but yes !!--i do believe in a god---but i don,t believe the bible is the word of god--- it was written by men!!!!

Answer 8

There are many references to thinking and intelligence. I guess you are just too uneducated to understand them.

Answer 9

~Think about it. Why praise the thing that most threatens your very existence.

Answer 10

why encourage education when u demand blind obediance