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   marinealways24posted 14 years ago

   Yes, it is true! I truly believe I am ignorant!

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      Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      You're a believer?

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         marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, I have faith that I am ignorant! Logic also.

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            Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Amen!

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               marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Praise Ignorance!

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                  Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  Glory be! Now pass the potatoes.

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                     lorlie6posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     Luv ya, Denno!

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                        Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                        How ya doing yerself? Haven't seen you in a bit.

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                     Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     ignorance is bliss, but not quite as nice as potatoes.

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                        Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                        With butter; that's what I'm saying....

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                           Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                           sour cream and chives and bacon bits and cheese....mmmmm

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                              Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                              Ooooh, bacon! I love bacon!!!!!

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                        marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                        Ignorance is only bliss if you accept being blissful in ignorance. You do not have to accept the bliss of ignorance.

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      starme77posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Ignorant of what?

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         marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Many things.

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            sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            yes, its true. Word definitions- historical knowledge- biblical knowledge- scientific theories- self awareness and much much more.
            
            there, the meat is on the table. lets not tip toe in the toolies any longer.
            
            I forgive you for your ignorance.

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               marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

               You mentioned the ones I excell in. Except for maybe historical knowledge. Better historical knowledge than belief knowlege I think.

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            starme77posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            who isn't?

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               marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

               The arrogant.

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      manlypoetrymanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Another Bait and Switch!?

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         marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Is that what you have faith it is? Faith is assuming. I have a logical explanation of why I am ignorant.

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            Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            You're starting to sound like Cagsil

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               marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Me and him often come to logical agreements that do not require faith.

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                  Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  Him and I often come to loggerheads only because I try to test his believe system to see if he truly believes in what he says

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            manlypoetrymanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Shouldn't this thread be over in the "Sandpit" with all the other Forum games?

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               marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Nope, It is a belief.
               
               
               I believe I am ignorant. I have faith that I am also if that helps. I am not faithfully blissful!

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      tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yes! you're an ignorant person with a huge Ego,which will fall down if you don't take good care of it.

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         marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, my ego made me claim my ignorance! Makes perfect sense.

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            sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            you just became a little more likable, now what are you going to do with your new discoveries.

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               marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Never be content in belief. Are you content?

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                  sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  I'm always looking for more answers. The bible indicates that the roots of the bible are deeper than we can dig. I really think you need to do some historical research outside of biblical knowledge so that you can put your theory to rest outside of the bible.

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                     marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     It doesn't take historical research to logically understand how faith, thoughts, and beliefs operate.

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                        sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                        

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                           marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                           It's logically correct. Prove it wrong with your faith.

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   kwaltersposted 14 years ago

   I'm ignorant if I am an ignorant perso because, well, I'm ignorant

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      Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      So, what you're saying is.....

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         kwaltersposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I don't know

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      marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      How did you come to this conclusion?

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         kwaltersposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I don't know that either

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            marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            lol Is your conclusion faith based or logic based?

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   JBeadleposted 14 years ago

   Ignorance is bliss perhaps but I don't think ignorant people worry about these things either so I question if any of you are ignorant at all.  Sadly, I would guess you are not.  Just watch more reality TV and it might work out yet.

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      marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      It's true, I am very ignorant, but I am not blissful in my ignorance.
      
      I can also define how I am ignorant simply with logic and no faith.
      
      It's true! I am ignorant!

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         Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Here, here! Now can we drink?

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         JBeadleposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Are you one of those ego killers as well?  Those people are just a bit too happy in their ego killing.  I like my ego.  And I don't think I'm ignorant.  I'm in the wrong forum! Sorry for the interuption.  Please continue the ignorance praising.  You seem like a fairly ignorant and annoyingly happy group.  If we all could be so lucky.

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            Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            I like your glasses.

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               marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

               I like the running sheep!

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                  Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  Honestly, I laugh every time I see it, still...

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                     marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                     Me too! The sheep have good energy! That was a faith based comment.

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            marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            This was freaking excellent! Well said.

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   C.J. Wrightposted 14 years ago

   can you be reported for a personal attack against yourself?

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      marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Time will tell.

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   kirstenblogposted 14 years ago

   If ignorance is bliss, then why are so many people unhappy?

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      marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Because the unhappy ones aren't content with bliss.

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   prettydarkhorseposted 14 years ago

   hi..why are you ignorant, according to you? is that what you really believe so, that you are ignorant? ignorant to what? particular topic??

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      marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I am ignorant on many topics. There are some topics I could be considered retarded in.

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         prettydarkhorseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         like theories etc? or just experiential? common sense? logic, deductive, inductive, metaphysics, phenomenology, ontological, pratical, everyday living?
         
         hmm I dont think you are ignorant....

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            marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Car engines, Numbers, Attention Span, Things I am uninterested in and haven't learned yet. 
            
            Remember, I never said I believe I am ignorant in all things.

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            prettydarkhorseposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            hi then, better be specific then, so that we can respond properly to this thread

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   mega1posted 14 years ago

   I'm wondering if you are really that ignorant, maybe you should be born again!  Possibly, it will hurt a little - but then you will be illuminated, or eliminated or eradicated or what/? bless me, I've forgotten what is the opposite of ignorant? And do you think it will hurt?

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      Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Most definitely.

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      marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I mentioned all the things I am ignorant in. I am also ignorant in spelling. I have been born again, I just had a son!

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   mega1posted 14 years ago

   stiff upper lip - or you may choose ignorance - after all, ignorance is BLISS!

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      marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Ignorance is bliss. This doesn't mean you have to be content with ignorant bliss.

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         mega1posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         If you are ignorant and therefore blissful then will you ever know when you are truly content?  just wondering.

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            marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            I am not blissful in my ignorance. I will never be content because I will always strive not to be ignorant.

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   Denno66posted 14 years ago

   Not for everyone, apparently.

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    mega1posted 14 years ago

    good for you marinealways - you know you are ignorant, you are not content being ignorant and now, all you have to do is make some liberal friends so you can be a leetle more intelligent! 

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       How much intelligence can really be in a group belief? Doesn't the members have to accept a liberal team belief limiting their individual belief?

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          Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          The beauty of Democracy

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          mega1posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Individuals in groups generally acknowledge that they are actually in the group, whereas my whole premise is that "liberal" and "conservative" are just deprecating terms that are laid on individuals. There really isn't an actual "Liberal Group" or "Conservative Group" - those are adjectives that describe individual philosophies, supposedly.  And since none of that has anything to do with RELIGION where are we?  Someone ate my donut!

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             marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

             I didn't mention religion. I said grouped belief. Even a group philosophy can limit an individual belief.

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    Denno66posted 14 years ago

    I don't understand ignorance. Is it genetic?

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       Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       dude, your a sheep.....where'd you learn a word like genetics?

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          Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Hellooooo...remember Dolly?

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    mega1posted 14 years ago

    why is everyone so dam HUNGRY today?  Now I'm gonna have to eat the last yogurt and pray my welfare check arrives.

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       Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       There's always grass outside on the front lawn. I merely offer suggestions.....

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          Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          you could have fish. can we talk about fish in this thread or...is that rude here too? fun isone thing but id hate to upset someone for real

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          mega1posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          got a little off subject - as for marinealways and the ignorance theory - I could join a church like that - something like the AMERICAN IGNORANCE IS BLISS FUNDAMENTALISTS? or  the IGNORANCE OR ELSE movement!

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    Valerie Fposted 14 years ago

    I admit I am ignorant of many things- the finer details of flying aircraft, how to play the oboe, reading Sanskrit, and performing cardiac bypass surgery come to mind. The more I learn, the more aware I am of how much there is I still have yet to know.

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       Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       ignorant is not simply a lack of learning, is it?

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          Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Please say no, otherwise I'm screwed.

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          sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          It is if you determine that you don't want to learn something.

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             Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

             i just looked it up. it does mean lack of knowldge.
             hmmm

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                Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                Justine - don't confuse the two (1) learning and (2) knowledge.
                
                These are two separate things.
                
                Learning is the process for which you gain knowledge.
                
                Knowledge is what you learned.
                
                Understanding is the wisdom for which gain from your knowledge.
                
                Hope I helped.

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                   sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   Albert A. A--inine now demonstrates a know it all.

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                      Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                      You seem to point out things about me, that you don't like or trying to manipulate others into thinking that I'm a 'fruitcake' or an 'idiot'. Your methods are obvious to me, but maybe not for others.
                      
                      By all means, continue.
                      
                      If you feel better about yourself, then by all means continue your actions. It describes who you really are and how mean or hateful you can be.
                      
                      I don't mind, because you don't matter in the larger scheme of life. Why? Because, you are ignorant yourself and apparently think yourself above others, because you have a self assume role of righteousness. You are pathetic!
                      
                      Please do continue.
                      
                      By the way, I don't claim to know everything.

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                         marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                         He is an excellent Christian example isn't he?

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                            Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                            

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                   Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                   thanks. I do undersand the difference between learning and knowledge. (one is a verb, the other is noun..  ha ha)I had to look up the specifics of ignorance, as I wasnt sure before which part of the equation that falls into. Now, how about intelligence? 

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                      Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                      Well, I didn't want to 'assume' you knew the difference. That would have been a mistake on my part had I. That's all.

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                         Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

                         I was teasing about the noun verb thing. you made a valid point. People do tend to mix the two, and even people who know might forget? I just barely graduated high school, and my school system was quite poor. I graduated with kids who couldnt read. My mother made a point of nearly every day announcing how I stupid I was, becuase I am not good at memorization of random facts. I strongly feel that eduacation level and intelligence are two very differnt things. It is simalar to what you were saying.  I was genuine in my thank you.  and now I am way off topic again, I am hoping marine wont mind...

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             marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

             like logic. You refuse logic because it challenges your faith.

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          Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Actually, it's a combination of lack of knowledge or education and understanding(wisdom), for which you truly understand what you've learned.

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          marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I think it could also be refusal of learning based on faith of what you already think you know.

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I agree with you completely. I look at what I know or don't know the same as you mentioned. The more I learn, the less I know.

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    bloodnlatexposted 14 years ago

    What if you know just enough about a lot of things to get yourself hurt?

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       Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I would say, be responsible about what you know. You won't get hurt.

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    mega1posted 14 years ago

    had a feeling ignorance had nothin to do with intelligence and so I am screwed also. oh well.

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       Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Eh, well I guess there are worse things that I could be embroiled in....

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    sooner than laterposted 14 years ago

    being ignorant about something is probably ok right up until you know everything about everything. I think marine has showed us many examples of that. But he did sleep in a Holliday Express last night, and the night before that, and the night before that...........

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       Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Well, there you go......

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Did Jesus teach you to act like this? You are clearly blissful. We all know what blissful is.

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    Valerie Fposted 14 years ago

    There's also a difference between academic knowledge and applied, practical knowledge. I can read about airplanes and even use flight simulators. I can know what Sanskrit looks like. I have read and heard enough about cardiac bypass surgery to know what it all involves. I can understand that the oboe requires a fairly unique embouchure, fingerings, and transposition, and I could even compose music for the oboe. All that means is that I'm educated. I still don't really know.

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       Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       
       thats funny, yours got posted before mine, I was sort of saying the same thing. but how any of this has anything to with marine being ignorant is beyond me...
       can you even be ignorant if you know enough to say your ignorant?
       wait a minute..is this a religious forum?

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          Valerie Fposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I believe so. There are different degrees and kinds of ignorance just as there are different degrees and kinds of knowledge.

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             Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

             that makes sense.

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    mega1posted 14 years ago

    I had an excellent teacher who always reminded us never to put someone down for their ignorance on a subject, to instead help educate them about it - now as for intelligence - when someone refuses to be educated about something even when they've been given all the information - that is stupidity and at the very least un-intelligent.  I happen to love stupid people because they make me look like a freakin genius - but that may be so far off the thread.  Now - where did I put my donut?

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       Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       was it a garlic donut?
       refusing to learn, I think thats a whole 'nother thing besides intelligence or or ignorance or whatever. its plain.....stubborn and ....unreasonable? unthinkable? people actaully refuse to learn? I cant understand that. wait a minute..damn, this is still a religous thread isnt it? what have you people done to me!!!!
       your donut was yummy. 

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          Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Garlic Donuts are ultra-yummy. Nuff Said

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    manlypoetrymanposted 14 years ago

    If you call your own self ignorant on a thread...Is that considered a "Personal Attack"... !?

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       Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       
       THE funiest thing I have seen today!!
       lmao!!!!!
       could you then report yourself and get yourself banned?

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       Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       

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    SoftCornHippoposted 14 years ago

    ignorance is as ignorance does!

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    Denno66posted 14 years ago

    Do you then send a message to yourself that you banned yourself?

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       manlypoetrymanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Only if you are Ignorant... !

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          Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Guilty as charged.

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       Jane@CMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       LOLOLOL - thanks for the laugh, I needed it!

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          Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          That's why I'm here.

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    sooner than laterposted 14 years ago

    I'm not ignorant. now i got that out there.

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Faith is bliss.

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          sooner than laterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          tee he he

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    Denno66posted 14 years ago

    Where's the popcorn being sold?

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    Denno66posted 14 years ago

    I need soda now(popcorn is salty)

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    Denno66posted 14 years ago

    I'll settle for Junior Mints....

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I want twizzlers.

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          Denno66posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Jujubees will work, too.....

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    sooner than laterposted 14 years ago

    How about a simple math question then?

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I am ignorant in math, but shoot.

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    goldenpathposted 14 years ago

    Well, ironically, the claim of ignorance is among the purest of honest expressions I've seen on HubPages or anywhere else in the world.  One must first claim that ignorance in order to be teachable.  To be teachable is an expression from one who admits to themselves there is much to learn and grow from. 
    
    I understand that religious faith is not held in high esteem here, however, from my point of view as a clergy claiming ignorance is a vital step toward establishing a working active faith.  It is an extension of oneself that proclaims you are not "all-knowing" and that you feel the personal need to hold to a higher power or knowledge in your life in order to grow and develop as an individual.  Don't worry, I won't say put a plug in for deity.  However, just taking the step in admitting that there is something greater than you in power and knowledge is a true vital step in personal progress whether you believe that power is spirit, a perfected man or just pure existing power itself.

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I agree with some of that. However, if you believe a creator as absolute, this is faith based when a creator can't be proven. If a creator is believed as absolute, this could prevent you from learning if a creator isn't absolute.

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          mega1posted 14 years agoin reply to this

          OK - now this you're saying IS about religion and here's what I'm thinking :  people often think that it is possible to disprove or prove someone else's belief - that is such a contradiction in terms - a belief by its very nature cannot be PROVED!  Someone says they believe in God = you can't say that they are wrong to do so really or base your attempt to undo their belief on any proving method you think up.  Belief is just like having a hunch - you can't really know whether there is a God - but you believe there is one because you think perhaps there are too many things in the world (the world itself) that cannot be "explained"  so, so, you know?  Like I don't BELIEVE there is really such a thing as a garlic donut, but if you BELIEVE you ate one, than why would I try to disprove your belief?  That's how simple it is.

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             marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

             Belief works mainly on faith, logic, influence, emotions. Belief is made to be disproven to evolve to new belief. Content in belief is refusal to accept new belief. If you saw that someone was in a separatist belief and that they didn't recognize why their belief was formed, but you can see how and why it was formed, it would be ignorance not to make an attempt to explain. It is even more ignorance for a group to ban together to destroy an individuals idea because it challenges faith. Why do people get mad when their faith is challenged? Because it is glued together with their emotions.

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                goldenpathposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                I never get mad anymore.  I welcome the variety of insight we all have within.  As long as the respect goes both ways it is always a win win situation for both parties.  I am a minister but I do, on occasion, visit other faiths in order to be educated on the faith of others.  It has been a very good practice that I have put in place in my life.

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             goldenpathposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             I fully understand the dilemma.  At some point most all of us have been there.  I spent years trying to logically explain or prove the existence of deity but it was all in vain.  It wasn't until I actually approached the problem a different way that I began to see and understand new information.  Instead of proving it right off at first perhaps I should apply the doctrines first in my life, try and test them and critique the results.  I can't prove to you or anyone else the existence of God, however, I have proven it to myself through my own application of the doctrines into my own life.  We are all human and trying new, and old, things is part of what it's all about.  There is no shame in testing something and finding no fact at the end.  Nothing tried, nothing gained.
             
             Thanks for the conversation.  I appreciate it.

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          goldenpathposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Very well thought out.  I give you that.  However, and this is just in my own life and teachings, the more I focused my actions and thoughts to the doctrines of God as I see him the more liberation in free agency there seems to be.  Confusing, I know.  It is when we rely on our own strength that we actually inhibit ourselves, learning and our human potential.  I have always taught that the universe is designed upon the principle of agency, or the ability to choose.  It is my position that our ultimate goal of existence is true agency and personal potential without limits.  The more I've focused my energies in that direction, knowing and holding on to that greater power, the greater the learning and understanding I have acquired for me has increased exponentially relative to my sincerity of heart.

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          Valerie Fposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          To say the existence of a creator can't be proven is also to state an absolute.

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             marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

             You are right. That was an absolute comment, but not my absolute belief. You caught my mistake. I think a creator can be logical, but not without faith. Faith contradicts logic. It is logical to say I was created by my parents. It takes faith to say a divine being created my parents. I know I was created by my parents by logical thought, when I ask who created my parents and who created them, it goes on and on.

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                goldenpathposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                Agreed.  At one time it was quite a stretch for me to trust and believe in that which is unseen, but to me that's what faith is - the assurance of that which is not seen.  A sad child, for instance, reaches for a parent because it has faith (assurance) that he/she will be comforted.  Part of why we work for a living is faith or the assurance that we will be paid which will support our families and lifestyles.  Faith is not just to believe.  Faith is the priciple of action and also of power. 
                
                You've got great insight!

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I will get back to you on this. It definately wasn't ignorant!

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    mega1posted 14 years ago

    I'm gonna start another thread about Liberal and Conservative - it is a good subject - but not in the Religion forum - that's too confusing.  I'll put it in politics. Meet ya there!

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    Valerie Fposted 14 years ago

    "Faith contradicts logic," is also an absolute.

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       It is logical truth.

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    lrohnerposted 14 years ago

    Marine, I haven't chimed in on a lot of the threads that you have, but I have been following them. You are not ignorant. You are sane and intelligent -- and you have a very good sense of humor, I might add.
    
    You enjoy starting discussions and bantering with people with opposing views. But since fanatics only see black and white with no shades of gray, pink or green allowed, they don't know what to do with what you say. And when fanatics don't know what to do, they revert to the only thing they know. Bashing and insulting. They are absotively incapable of having a lively discussion with someone with opposing views. Because, of course, anyone who has opposing views is trying to destroy their world and is destined for hell.
    
    Anyhoo, keep up the discussions. I'll still follow them.

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       mega1posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       You say it so well! fanatic is one of those words - well I just don't like it, but there is no better way to describe people who have intense agendas and are scared to open up for any fresh air.

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Thank You Ironer! I much appreciate your honest feedback. I don't know if I would agree with you that I am sane. lol Afterall could me or anyone be sane when we all have a different idea of sanity or insanity? Thank You for writing that.

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    Valerie Fposted 14 years ago

    If it is logical truth that faith contradicts logic, prove it. I want to see the premises that lead you to that conclusion.

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    underhiswingsposted 14 years ago

    No doubt, you are ignorant.

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I agree! But I disagree to being blissfully ignorant. This may be where we differ.

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    mobilephone guideposted 14 years ago

    yes you are. we are all ignorant, only in different subjects. or do you claim to know everything?

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Believe it or not, I claim to know nothing in absolute terms. I have faith I know some things in absolute, but this doesn't make them absolute.

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    R.G. San Ramonposted 14 years ago

    Do you believe in logic?

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Yes, but not as an absolute. I think logic is a way to find truth without using faith.

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          R.G. San Ramonposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          I have this nagging thought about the limit of logic, something I explained well in a comment I posted in one of David Bowman's hubs (I'm a fan, btw.). It is about faith and logic, and the "hidden" (I suppose.) connection between the two. David offered a "reply" hub, but it didn't change the thought. Maybe you have something to share. Here's the link to the hub:
          
          http://hubpages.com/hub/My-Favorite-Quo … And-Belief

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    Niteriterposted 14 years ago

    Oh yes! I have a deep abiding faith in it!

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    B.C. BOUTIQUEposted 14 years ago

    everyone is entitled to their own traditions and beliefs..so does this make you ignorant, absolutly not..you are just being who you are and are not following the herd like most people do

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Thank You! You have to a strong mind as yourself to simply recognize the mistake of following the herd and speak up to point it out. That was a compliment, no sarcasm intended. However, I still claim my ignorance.

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    Niteriterposted 14 years ago

    Marinealways, who started this thread, is doing research for a paper he is writing on the word "facetious".

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       What does facetious mean? I am ignorant.

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    weblogposted 14 years ago

    Marine isn't ignorant at all, having started this thread and getting so many responses till now!

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    earnestshubposted 14 years ago

    Ime igorent an i cant spel ither!

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       Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       

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       marinealways24posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Hello young Earnest!

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    earnestshubposted 14 years ago

    Hey Cagsil.

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    lyricsingrayposted 14 years ago

    Glad you still believe

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