How do you put on an intellectual air?

[argent_paladin]

1. wear a pocket protector and/or white labcoat
2. speak in Latin
3. search for new prime numbers in your spare time
4. Avoid 1 and 2 syllable words
5. Drop in German and French words in conversation
6. name drop 20th century Continental philosophers like Heidegger, Sartre and Derrida
7. definitely wear glasses
8. begin sentences with "I would suggest"
9. never use slang, or even contractions. Speak in fully formed paragraphs. Preferrably in RP (recieved pronunciation AKA the Queen's English).
10. Win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Medicine or Physics. Or the Field's Medal for Mathematics.

Or you can build a holography lab like I did in high school. Or carry around a periodic table in your wallet, like I did. But I wasn't putting on airs. I was just a nerdy, nerdy guy.

[Nathan]

You forgot 11: Don't talk about God, or in any way reveal that you are a Christian.

[Old_Joe]

[quote name='Nathan' date='Nov 22 2005, 10:41 AM']You forgot 11: Don't talk about God, or in any way reveal that you are a Christian.


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Who says intelligent people can't believe in God? If they are truly wise, they would use their intellectual reasoning to further prove the existence of God. Einstein once said something like, "The more I learn about the universe the more I believe in God."

Also, Intelligence is kinda relative. A person can know a lot of facts, but not be able to correlate them together. Also, a person may be knowledgeable of certain subjects, but be lacking in others.

Edited November 22, 2005 by Old_Joe

[Anastasia13]

[quote name='Nathan' date='Nov 22 2005, 09:41 AM']You forgot 11: Don't talk about God, or in any way reveal that you are a Christian.[right][snapback]797696[/snapback][/right]
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Dude, why should I let the faithless of academia and those too pride full to acknowledge the obvious reality of some sort of diety define what intellectual is to me? Isn't that just dumb?

Signed,
A sort of molinist, futurist, non-baptist, afterlife-traditionalist, non-overtly charasmatic, Zwinglian (view of Lord's supper) Protestant.

[Nathan]

Hey, I agree with you guys. I'm just saying that most people don't.

[phatcatholic]

[quote name='Light and Truth' date='Nov 22 2005, 11:35 AM']Signed,
A sort of molinist, futurist, non-baptist, afterlife-traditionalist, non-overtly charasmatic, Zwinglian (view of Lord's supper) Protestant.
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we might have to take a hard look at some of those descriptors

[photosynthesis]

[quote name='Light and Truth' date='Nov 22 2005, 11:35 AM']Dude, why should I let the faithless of academia and those too pride full to acknowledge the obvious reality of some sort of diety define what intellectual is to me?  Isn't that just dumb?

Signed,
A sort of molinist, futurist, non-baptist, afterlife-traditionalist, non-overtly charasmatic, Zwinglian (view of Lord's supper) Protestant.
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what on earth is an afterlife-traditionalist?

[theculturewarrior]

Intellectual airs are getting me through grad school. Half the time, I have no idea what I'm talking about. But I make it sound real good.

[jiyoung]

It's different when you're writing essays...

[theculturewarrior]

Not with me!

Although sometimes I don't sound so good under pressure.

[philothea]

Heh. When I get upset or nervous my vocabulary becomes very esoteric. It makes people think I'm trying to be snobby, but I really can't help it!

[Anastasia13]

[quote name='photosynthesis' date='Nov 22 2005, 12:14 PM']what on earth is an afterlife-traditionalist?
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I didn't know what else to say, but my intention was along the lines of not an annihilationist or universalist.

[Anastasia13]

[quote name='phatcatholic' date='Nov 22 2005, 11:29 AM']we might have to take a hard look at some of those descriptors
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Oh, I don't know. That might spark some intellectual discussion on matters of faith and *gasp* God.

[photosynthesis]

[quote name='Light and Truth' date='Nov 22 2005, 08:26 PM']I didn't know what else to say, but my intention was along the lines of not an annihilationist or universalist.
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annihilationalist? interesting... what's that? and what do you mean by universalism? is that like unitarian universalism?

[Anastasia13]

[quote name='photosynthesis' date='Nov 22 2005, 07:33 PM']annihilationalist?  interesting...  what's that?  and what do you mean by universalism?  is that like unitarian universalism?
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An annihilationist is one who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; the eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being. Such a person is also known in someinstances as a destructionist.

By universalism I mean something very much like unitarian universalism, but particularly their teaching of universal salvation where all people will eventually be saved.

[photosynthesis]

[quote name='Light and Truth' date='Nov 22 2005, 08:50 PM']An annihilationist is one who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; the eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being.  Such a person is also known in someinstances as a destructionist.

By universalism I mean something very much like unitarian universalism, but particularly their teaching of universal salvation where all people will eventually be saved.
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that's all...interesting...

so if all are going to be saved, then wouldn't that mean that there would be no more wicked people to annihalate?

[Anastasia13]

[quote name='photosynthesis' date='Nov 22 2005, 07:52 PM']that's all...interesting...

so if all are going to be saved, then wouldn't that mean that there would be no more wicked people to annihalate?
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In theory, but then both annihilationism and universalism are theologically flawed, especially universalism in my view because of the rippling of errors it would lead to.

[photosynthesis]

i see...

i'm catholic! :

[Anastasia13]

[quote name='photosynthesis' date='Nov 22 2005, 11:19 PM']i see...

i'm catholic! :
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And other than the purgatory bit, I would rather agree with you on most afterlife doctrines.

[Anastasia13]

[quote name='photosynthesis' date='Nov 22 2005, 01:24 AM']PLEASE don't feign a foreign accent (have you seen Bridget Jones' Diary?).[right][snapback]797534[/snapback][/right]
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I don't have to feign. Every now and then people wonder where I am from anyway because of how I speak.

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News is boring. It's only fun when you get to discuss the issues you know something about, but if it doesn't come up much...