thejediknighthusezni said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
...And this here -- this more than any of their ignorant stances on evolution, overpopulation, or religion -- is a perfect example of why I can't stand living with my parents, especially my dumb shit-for-brains father.
OOhhh! I can help!
Intuitive and Common Sense evaluation is a crucially important form of intelligence. Many if not most of the greatest scientific discoveries and inventions have been dependent upon it.
To be intelligent is to quickly process information and perceive valid points therein.
If your parents are able to intuit that the random evolution explanation is in fact full of holes and reasons to believe fabuluosly unlikely, if they can sense that the overpopulation concerns are being hyped in EXTREMELY dubious ways, by some EXTREMELY dubious characters, for EXTREMELY dubious purposes, if they can perceive that a Creator might wish to test his creations and so they remain unshaken and unsurprised by the ravings of "scientific" atheism...
...If they are able to do all of this in defiance of their lack of advanced university degrees and some patchiness in their educations due to basic life concerns... then you can take great comfort in the knowledge that your parents are, in fact, VASTLY more intelligent than YOU! :)
Yeah, well said.
Simply disagreeing with you or even the majority of people or lacking knowledge in certain areas does not make one stupid in and of it's self. Every single day we make choices about what knowledge we will take in based on how much we think it will effect us in our day to day lives. For a lot of people the speed of light will have no effect on them and as for how the universe came into being, well that is so hotly debated that judging someone intellect based on that is just pointless.
We all have areas in our lives where we appear to be idiots. For instance I know a lot about history because since I was a kid I always wanted to teach history so some people find that impressive since I know more then the average person, then again I know next to nothing about farming and animal despite coming from an area that is mostly nothing but farms so some other people come away with the idea that I am a complete idiot. My dad doesn't know anything about history and has never listened to classical music so I know some people who would see him as being a lot stupider then I am but he knows a lot more about medicine and first aid then I could ever hope to know.
The point is that just because someone has a different worldview then you and they don't know certain facts, that does not make them stupid.
It seems to me that your dad must care about you a great deal or you wouldn't be living with him and he would not have done years of back breaking work to support you, so why not focus on that instead? I am sure it will make you feel better.