Comments by "Ben Wil" (@benwil6048) on "Richard Dawkins: 'Somebody as intelligent as Jesus would have been an atheist'" video.
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coconut bliss Clearly you don't understand things without concrete examples. The pen IS mightier than the sword, but of course if you're too feeble minded to notice it won't do you any good, since a strong mind is required to master the pen.
Here's a good one:
Case a, 'the sword':
With a sword I can walk up to a person and stab him/her. I can then proceed to try and stab others until I'm overpowered.
Maximum effort, maximum risk
Case b, 'the pen':
Obama takes his pen and puts a signature on a piece of paper. A few days later a drone flies over a village in the Middle-east and bombs the shit out of the place killing hundreds.
Obama did not risk his safety, did not give Any effort besides scribling his name on a piece of paper. Obama killed hundreds of ppl, I might have killed 10 with my oh so powerful sword.
Consider yourself enlightened.
"and the last one you just took out of context to justify your viewpoint. "
^you see this? This is a quote. When you perform this 'quote' you're repeating what someone said as a method of reference. Please start using this, it makes conversations easier as I have no idea what this 'last one' is.
I do not take anything out of context. If you feel like I did it is only because I misinterpreted it. Again you make negative assumptions in pretending as if you know me, while you have no idea. I adhere to logic, if you're logic fails utterly, you're argument fails. You can further use reason to explain your logic should I simply fail to understand it the first time. This is my view on this.
" i must look bad so you can look good"
There is some confusion over here, if I wanted to look good I would refrain from saying stuff like 'shit' and I would be as polite as possible. However I don't give a shit about how I look, I do however care about truth and what is right though, this is Not a popularity contest.
"a book is not for learning, you cannot learn anything from a book. relligious books included."
He who says dumb things, looks dumb.
I'm not saying you're dumb here, but what you're saying is Very dumb.
Lets have an exercise, its actually something I learned today when I was drum rolls READING.
So if books don't alow you to learn things, please build me a windmill.
I'm going to make a wild assumption that you can't make one. But, rejoice! For you can learn how to make a windmill easily!
You go to a book store or the library and you get a book on Building windmills. You then read said book and LEARN how to make windmills.
We can take this further, where did you learn English? Did you... perhaps learn it from a book or some other written medium? Mind saying "I learned it from my teacher" does not count, as your teacher is using... a book.
" no1 cares what books youve read when you apply for a job"
Ah see, here you do it again. Saying stupid shit that is.
No you're confusing 'knowledge' with 'experience'.
First of all, they DO care what books you read.
I know this is common sense, buty when you go to college or uni you learn shit from books. After you've done some tests and passed, thus demonstrating that you absorbed enough knowledge that was in said books, you will get another piece of paper called a diploma. I guess you've never graduated anywhere so you don't know? (just making assumptions like you make 'em)
So when you do finally graduate somewhere and start looking for a job the first thing you'll see is
"Looking for C++ programmer; uni diploma required", "Looking for lawyer; lawyer degree required" etc etc.
Now that you know this we can move on.
"even programming you must program to know how to do i"
I actually (also) know how to program. I can assure you as you should well know, if I want to start coding in Ruby I can't just suddenly say "ok lets go Ruby!" and start typing random shit on my keyboard. Thats Not how it works. I'm sure you know this but you've somehow ignored this fact.
If I want to code Ruby I will first get a book, or other, preferably, written medium and I will read about it and in reading I will Learn how to write programs in Ruby. As in "the knowledge of Ruby is passed on to me' without knowledge you can not start acquiring experience (what you confuse for knowledge).
Regarding the knife, a knife does NOT hold knowledge! It holds information. There is a difference.
It holds information in forms of tissue residue, handling(prob the wrong word but I refer to how you treat/handle it, eg. scratches, marks, ...), ....
This is not knowledge.
For clarity's sake here's a dictionary:
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knowledge
noun
1.
facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.
"a thirst for knowledge"
synonyms: understanding, comprehension, grasp, grip, command, mastery, apprehension;
2.
awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation.
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A knife does not acquire knowledge its an inanimate object. It can hold information though.
You claim your English is average, yet you struggle with the most basic of definitions (like what knowledge is).
Here's just the latest words:
to cough - to get caught
Mighty - mightier
one atheist - several atheists
"thats" vs "that is" (yes, I have found these tricky in the past as well)
To break (in 2) - To take a break (take 5) - To brake (slowing down, for example in a car)
I'm looking over your typos as I'm a realistic person, but this one is a true gem lol
"knoknife iswledge". Amusing typo that one.
I'm aware that you probably think I'm trying to make you feel/look stupid by showing you these mistakes you've made. But consider that you will either keep looking stupid (doesn't mean you are!) or ppl correct you and you learn, thus proving your intelligence.
Why do you think my English is so advanced? Mind I say advanced because this is my third language, and I know more than three. Though in skill I suppose its my 2nd best :)
Ps. I'm really not a negative person, I just have a very low tollerance of what I see as ignorance and stupidity. And yes, I'm working on my tollerance because I do really would like to help ppl in a serious debate.
I have trouble keeping calm when ppl spout biased, unproven non-sense though. I'm always open to correction If a solid argument is brought forward
Edit: Was just -re-reading my post to make sure I wrote everything correctly, good practice if you want to grow your linguistic skills as a person.
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