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Re: Genius
Posted By: Jimmy Of York, on host 208.157.20.54
Date: Friday, February 11, 2000, at 15:31:27
In Reply To: Re: Genius posted by unipeg on Friday, February 11, 2000, at 13:55:14:

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> > > I'm a genious! Not a good genious, but i am a genious, i have the minumum IQ for a genious according to a couple IQ tests i've had...
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> > Pshaw! We're *all* geniuses here, as anyone knows who recalls last year's thread on Web-based IQ tests. ;-) (See link below.)
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> > > Jimmy O"I saw on TV that there's a guy in America that has an IQ of like 195 and he's working on a mathimatical proof that proves the existance of God"f York
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> > /me just shakes his head slowly.
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> > Hello? Didn't God *define* the rules of mathematics, and all the structure of the universe as we experience it? This person may be able to come up with evidence that, say, suggests the existence of a creative force behind the universe, but I seriously doubt he'll be able to actually prove that God *is*. The word "transcendence" is a formidable obstacle to those who attempt such a proof.
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> > Furthermore, even if, packing a swelling 195-point IQ, the man were able to demonstrate conclusively that some transcendent power is behind the creation and present-day workings of the universe, what would be the value of that finding? It would still tell us nothing about *who* God is, which is really the most important question of all. I'm definitely with Karl Barth (see Darien's recent post in the aspects-of-love thread) on this one: God will always have to perform acts of self-revelation in order for us to come to know God. We just aren't going to figure it out on our own, and when we think we have, what has usually happened is that we have merely attempted to "speak of God by speaking of man in a loud voice." (again, Barth)
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> > Iss "theological digressions 'R' us" achar
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> just took an IQ test.... got a 167. heh.
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> uni"genius"peg

I wasn't exactly talking about internet IQ Tests, i was talking about the real ones

Jimmy O"178"f York

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