Does the value or worth of a persons words spoken or written lessen if....?

Question

the person is 70 years old weighs 325 pounds and has bad teeth?
If it is male or female?
educated with extended college or basic education?
a different color or culture?
different age than yourself?

Does the lack of sight and knowledge of the writer give or lessen merit in the words written on this sight?

Answer 1

Absolutely not. God uses whomever is willing to be used. He is no respecter of persons. I've known some very uneducated holy people who have been used of God in great ways. Perhaps the responses of one with a higher education may be more grammatically correct and use bigger words. That doesn't make the thought process behind the answer any more profound or the truth or lack thereof any more real.

Answer 2

On a site such as this, all you have is words on a page. The merit I place on a person's words ON THIS SITE is from how they respond especially to questions they disagree with. If someone speaks with maturity than I pay attention, I don't care what side they're on. If someone just has insults and use them to try and invalidate what someone else is saying, I stop reading them because they don't have anything they're trying to share. They are just trying to get a rise. If someone has some insults and some insightful things to say, I'm still less likely to give anything they say merit. I'll read them sometimes.

Answer 3

if one person was to be saying or writing something simple like, "hello" it would not be worth as much as deeper or more meaningful words. EG: "I love you"

but who it is coming from, regardless of age, race, religion, etc.... does not make that much difference depending on what it is they are actually saying.

if there were 2 complete strangers, 1 a 75 year old pensioner and the other a 4 year old child who is heir to a throne and they both said "hello" the fact that they are not known by me but still made an effort to speak to me I would say each would be of same value.

Answer 4

I guess to put your question plainly - how does our bias affect our judgement on others?

This is a tricky question because contrary to common belief, man cannot do away with his biases, for his own biases themselves allows man to open up to new experiences. I mean you do not come to an experience without prior experience.

However, awareness of this bias is crucial so as to transcend. In the end, our judgement on written or spoken words must solely be based on reason - even if the one speaking is an old dirty man walking the streets of NY with a placard.

But this is different to judgements based on particular field of knowledge, i.e. science, literature. There is such a thing as fallacy appealing to the wrong authority. I would believe a poor and dirty zoologist talking about a dog's behavior compared to a rich and clean businessman.

Answer 5

The value of one's words depends wholly on the listener's (reader's) personl sense of self-worth, ability to reach past paradigms or assumptuions, and open-ness; or desire to understand another's point of view. Whatever dogma, suffered-abuses, insecurities, etc that may hold back the listener, are too often projected onto the one who is speaking.

The internet creates an unnatural annonymity, wherein people say things they would be far less likely to say in person. This gives people a false sense of righteousness, allowing some to be judgemental of those they do not agree with, or abusive to others who may make themselves more vulnerable.

Answer 6

With age comes wisdom, unless they don`t know what they are talking about. Weight doesn`t affect writing unless they can`t hold the pen or bang a keyboard, with education comes the ability to better covey one`s thoughts to another so yes...unless they don`t know what they are talking about,..culture may affect the prism of their perceptions from which they write but then they may not know what they are talking about,...youth tend to be smarter in specialized areas such as technology but they might not know what they are talking about in other areas...lack of knowledge, or lack of ability to communicate clearly?

Answer 7

Everyone does. For instance, you'll never see an ugly pharmaceutical sales rep. The companies actually recruit cheerleaders out of college.

Companies with sales forces know people prefer to buy from good-looking people. Is it fair? Of course not, but it's true.

Most of us are not any different. We feel beauty rubs off on us.

Answer 8

If a child abuser or a sex predator teaches how to live a holy life, I don't give too much value to his words.
If a person's life backs up what he says, the value of his words is enhanced.
On this site, we can't really know who is writing what, we have to take their words more or less coldly and analytically, but can't jusdge the person.
Someone said they thought I had a gentle spirit because of some of my answers.
1. They didn't check out my answers in the politics section
2. They didn't ask my children.
(I am working on it though).

Answer 9

This is true.... some people tend to take things on a run. Usually you are judged on your appearance, or an misspelled word.

I knew this to be true, that's why I used the picture of the church.
Some think I look like Jesus.

Love and Peace!

Answer 10

That is a very wordy question- or should I say verbose!

If you are asking if because someone is different or looks unkept, are they going to be treated differently? Well all I can tell you is I would not treat them any different, but I am sure many people in the world would...which is sad. This world is MESSED UP. I think everyone should speak from their heart...it is good to get it out.