Too smart
Being the village idiot in a village full of geniuses, I
nevertheless take solace in the fact that upon learning of my
deconversion my believing friends tell me that:
A) I'm too smart
or
B) I think too much
Now this is naturally quite flattering...until I consider that they never follow my example.
I mean, if, by their admission, I am much smarter than they, much more studious than they and a "deeper thinker" than they; doesn't it logically (I know, I know, there's that damn word!) follow that they would give a least some credence to what I say I have discovered?
But, as far as I know, other than one attempt to disprove my argument, they do not. And a weak attempt at that! One friend "researched" and found one magazine article (I've written about it before) which I summarily shredded and that was that! No more research for him! Another friend has thus far acted like my confession never took place.
Ironically, the one I least expected to do any research, has done the most-my wife. Granted that she has only searched Christian sites to "prove the bible" to me, but at least she has attempted to do something.
So I'm left wondering, if they respect my intelligence and studiousness so much, why won't they listen? Or why, at the very least, do they not say to themselves, "Damn. Scott's a pretty smart fella. If he came to this conclusion, maybe I ought to check into it"?
A) I'm too smart
or
B) I think too much
Now this is naturally quite flattering...until I consider that they never follow my example.
I mean, if, by their admission, I am much smarter than they, much more studious than they and a "deeper thinker" than they; doesn't it logically (I know, I know, there's that damn word!) follow that they would give a least some credence to what I say I have discovered?
But, as far as I know, other than one attempt to disprove my argument, they do not. And a weak attempt at that! One friend "researched" and found one magazine article (I've written about it before) which I summarily shredded and that was that! No more research for him! Another friend has thus far acted like my confession never took place.
Ironically, the one I least expected to do any research, has done the most-my wife. Granted that she has only searched Christian sites to "prove the bible" to me, but at least she has attempted to do something.
So I'm left wondering, if they respect my intelligence and studiousness so much, why won't they listen? Or why, at the very least, do they not say to themselves, "Damn. Scott's a pretty smart fella. If he came to this conclusion, maybe I ought to check into it"?
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But I often wonder how much people making claims like that really believe it, and how much it is just a shield employed so they can avoid really thinking about the questions too deeply themselves, not wanting the challenges they expect to lie there.
I've tried to reason that maybe they think I'm smart, but I'm wrong. But that implies that they have logical reasons for holding their position, doesn't it?
I don't know. I'm not losing any sleep over it. It was just a thought that occurred to me the other day.
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