real life wrote:You may have skimmed the Bible, but you probably haven't read but a few portions of it thoroughly; and you certainly don't know it well.
Professor: "Here he assumes that because such person doesn't post what he wants to read, right off the bat he assumes that he isn't familiar with the information that relates to the subject being discussed."
real life wrote:Well, a thorough familiarity with all of the Bible, instead of snippets selected by your lit teacher might cure you of many of your more prominent errors. .
Professor: "Right here he's giving out information that has nothing to do with the discussion at hand, therefore, producing a term that you children may not know, but we grown-ups call it "straw man."
Professor: "Why would he include such unnecessary information in this argument? What is the service of such ridiculous information that would render him victorious over the argument? He's probably trying very hard to prove a point that he doesn't even know about."
real life wrote:The Bible is a complex document -- 66 separate books, penned by about 40 different authors on three continents over the course of 1500 years during the rise and fall of at least 5 major empires that have a direct bearing on the events, written in 2 main languages with scattered texts in others.
Professor: "In this particular paragraph, he's motivated by the previous paragraph, in which he provided some unnecessary information to prove a meaningless point. By doing this, he's mustering every ounce of intellectual bravado, thanks to some information that he might've gotten from some internet website
or a wino. And he doesn't even consider if he's making any sense, or rather yet, if the information he relies on would suit his purpose."
real life wrote:A prudent person would have to admit that a casual reading will not fully acquaint you with the outline, much less give you in depth comprehension of the themes, styles, events and major and minor characters presented therein.
Professor: "And this also provides us with nothing more than "The Great Flood" of nonsense. Since the previous paragraph described how he knows a little bit of the history about how his book was put together and more nonsense, he feels strong, vigorous with intense knowledge of simple baloney. But the most important thing that this clueless individual should've considered (before being the mockery of the town) was to make sure if the person he refers to in the paragraph, read (knew) the information that is being discussed."
real life wrote:After you have carefully read the entirety a number of times, you will begin to get a handle on it. Taking notes and reading supplemental commentaries and reference materials related to it will also prove useful in understanding the political climates of the various times, the geography, customs and traditions that were well known to the writers; and which they sometimes don't explain because they took for granted that their readers would be familiar with.
Professor: "And finally, he affirms that an invisible entity (all wise, all powerful, all love, all just) exists, without presenting any rational evidence."
real life wrote:Tell the truth now, in front of God and everyone -- have you even read it through once?
Professor: This is why we must know exactly what we're talking about before writing anything to anyone-- Because we don't know who might read what we write in the near fut--
Before the professor concluded his final thoughts, one of the students, little Johnny, raised his hand.
Professor: "Yes, Johnny?"
Little Johnny: So, we need to give examples and explain them in a way that we can understand
Little Johnny stops talking, scratches his head, shifts his eyes to the ceiling and back to the professor, and continues.
Little Johnny: "
in a way that we can understand logically?"
Professor: "yes, that's right."
Right at that moment, another boy, little Tommy, raises his hand to call the professor's attention.
Professor: "Yes, Tommy?"
He points his index finger, tacitly, at the seat behind him.
Tommy: "It's Real Life. He was sleeping while you were teaching."
Professor: "Real Life? Is it true?"
Real life doesn't say a word, rubs his eyes in shame, and begins to utter distinctive sounds caused by such shameful moment.
Professor: "This is not the first time you do this, real. I warned you before. I will have to talk to your parents about your uncontrollable behavior
"
The professor stops, stares at him, and continues.
"
and please, tell them to change your name."
Professor: "class dismissed."
Jason Proudmoore wrote:real life wrote: (BTW He ain't moldy, he's my brother.)
I suspected that you two were related. What could've made me think of that
?
real life wrote:I suspect that you are too young to know what this means.
Ooookkk
good luck with all that insanity of yours. I'm gonna go now
buh bye.
