Who would buy a car without driving it? who buys a pair of pants without trying them on? who really gets married without first testing the merchandise?
Would you buy a house in a swamp in florida, sight unseen? without even knowing if the house has been built? if it even exists?
2006-08-07 22:44:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mamma Mia, "Testing the Merchandise" is just a euphamism for Premarital sex. Were you a virgin before you got married? Have you been divorced? (Something "God" surely hates.)
2006-08-07 22:58:51 · update #1
Ok, this is for the slow ones, When I use the term "Intellectual" I mean Using one's intellect ( your Dad might have called it "using your head")conversely, by "anti-intellectual" I would mean "Not using your head, common sense, smarts, brain or your natural intelligence etc". I hope this helps
2006-08-08 20:18:12 · update #2
Yes, it is.
2006-08-07 22:47:54 · answer #1 · answered by jmwiedeman 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is rather difficult to define an intellectual, since everybody uses its intellect, and the separation line between 'intellectual' and 'non-intelectual' is not so clear. Anyway I think the answer is definetly no. Everybody has faith, everybody has beliefs based on own experience and on education. A series of logical or non-logical (mathematically speaking) thoughts lead to a conclusion which can be considered a belief. To give you a mathematical example... in the classical geometry, there is an axiom (a statement universally accepted as being true) which says that a geometrical point has no size. Using to points you can obtain a line. The lenght of the line does not have to take into consideration the size of the closing points on each end(since they have no size), even though they are a part of the line> But of course the line is composed of an infinity of points, so this axiom provides us a paradox too. Here you have a perfectly legitimate belief which an entire mathematical science is based on.
or another aproach...consider a belief to be theory. A theory can be true as long as there is absolutely no clear demonstration that it is fact false, and there is a least one which proves it true. So even a scientific theory is in essence a belief, proven by mathematical (most likely) demonstration. Of course the starting assuptions can be wrong, or the mathematical model may have a flaw, but since the result for the moment seams correct the belief is accepted by the scientifical community and published in the greatest science magazines. Of course after a while some other intellectual could shatter the belief by proving the theory wrong again with a demonstration accepted again by the science community.
2006-08-08 06:16:04 · answer #2 · answered by Cricu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intellect has no direct relation with faith and such not comparable also as 'foolish' or 'wise'!
However, faith could be related with a rationality in approach to certain extent as:
- A car could be put on its purpose by employing a driver and it is not necessary that you should drive it.
- If you know your body statistics and required measurements and that of the pants you buy, there needs no trial for confirming its fittings on your body.
- However, first testing the merchandise (would be spouse) before getting married is a new scenario for me atleast.
- Chances of buying houses without the actual site seeing is not uncommon. Any serious buyer will check the credentials of the seller and then only go for actual buying.
None of your observations/statements noted as sufficing your question actually fulfill its worth or girth.
Finally, my faith prevails that it is foolish to answer an anti-intellectual question by you!
2006-08-08 06:09:39 · answer #3 · answered by mkm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That all depends on what your faith is in!! I am not anti-intellectual. I do have the gift of faith in God and I thank God for that gift.
I take objection to your example list, specifically that of "who really gets married without first testing the merchandise"....Is that how you refer to another human being??? MERCHANDISE????
What has happened to love and respect? You are certainly lacking in good moral fiber and character to even dare to consider another human being, created in Gods own image, as merchandise. We must all treat others with dignity. You are a thoughtless, selfish individual in my opinion.!!
2006-08-08 05:53:54 · answer #4 · answered by Mamma mia 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Technically, intellectualism as a form of faith. It is a belief that every answer to every question, can ultimately be found. You have no reason to believe so except past experience and insight. That is all it takes for faith. Believing in what you cannot prove.
2006-08-08 05:49:27 · answer #5 · answered by The James 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes to your first two questions and no to the rest.I think you have made a good case for why religious people are foolish.
2006-08-08 05:49:38 · answer #6 · answered by EasterBunny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism is the only logical choice.
There is no other choice one can make and claim it was made based on logic. Agnosticism is not a choice, claiming ignorance is an excuse.
2006-08-08 05:49:01 · answer #7 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not necessarily anti-intellectual. It depends on the amount of intellect that you are willing to geopardize to sustain certain beliefs. then, it starts becoming anti-intelectual.
2006-08-08 06:09:59 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woul you be a creation without creator?
2006-08-08 05:58:08 · answer #9 · answered by Suomi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faith isn't foolish, sometimes it's all you have. Sometimes you have to trust, when all other logic says, no.
2006-08-08 05:50:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use your intellect here..........
If it doesn't exist ...... oh well
But what if it does and you didn't have faith?
2006-08-08 05:49:09 · answer #11 · answered by Keanu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋