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Safyreking · 02-26-2009, 07:06 AM

I've had a reported score of an even 140 from a test I took a few years ago. Whether or not that makes me smart is debatable.

I'm really one of those people that believe ignorance is bliss because there's is a great amount of programmed behaviors and thought processes our screwed up culture has instilled in a vast variety of people that really makes no sense what so ever. Religion is my quite possibly my arch-nemesis. Don't get me wrong I think there's a great many things beneficial to a variety of people that come out of religion but a fair warning to those that take those stories literally.... a theology professor and one of his student's heads nearly exploded after logically destroyed a few different stories contained in the bible.

Athletes that have $25 million dollar contracts and teachers that are considered impoverished and teaching kids in underfunded schools?... Hello?? This makes no F'ing sense what so ever. If cities diverted even as little as 2% of the amount of money spent on athletes salaries to some of the more crippled schools within the district, the benefits would be numerous! As a whole the government and people in general spend money horribly.

The main problem with our culture is that is runs on money not logic, not always compassion either. So to me, I'm constantly doing my best to find the good in a fundamentally flawed system of thought.

02-26-2009, 07:06 AM	#161 (permalink)
Safyreking Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 18	I've had a reported score of an even 140 from a test I took a few years ago. Whether or not that makes me smart is debatable. I'm really one of those people that believe ignorance is bliss because there's is a great amount of programmed behaviors and thought processes our screwed up culture has instilled in a vast variety of people that really makes no sense what so ever. Religion is my quite possibly my arch-nemesis. Don't get me wrong I think there's a great many things beneficial to a variety of people that come out of religion but a fair warning to those that take those stories literally.... a theology professor and one of his student's heads nearly exploded after logically destroyed a few different stories contained in the bible. Athletes that have $25 million dollar contracts and teachers that are considered impoverished and teaching kids in underfunded schools?... Hello?? This makes no F'ing sense what so ever. If cities diverted even as little as 2% of the amount of money spent on athletes salaries to some of the more crippled schools within the district, the benefits would be numerous! As a whole the government and people in general spend money horribly. The main problem with our culture is that is runs on money not logic, not always compassion either. So to me, I'm constantly doing my best to find the good in a fundamentally flawed system of thought.