how can i slove this arguement?

by highdose 16 Replies latest jw friends

  • highdose
    highdose

    a freind of mine reckons that the ultimate in intelligence is to be "serious", never to have any fun, never anything "lowbrow", always watch serious tv programs, always read serious books, disscuss serious subjects etc.

    and this means... if you are not "serious" in this manner then you simply cannot have any brains??!!

    i know this must be wrong... but i can't figure out why...?

    help me!

  • Black Sheep
    Black Sheep

    You need a new friend

  • Chalam
    Chalam

    Hello HD,

    As I believe God is the ultimate intelligence and He is certainly not serious all the time!

    He loves a good joke and has plenty of fun all day long

    There are times and seasons for everything in this life Ecclesiastes 3

    All the best,

    Stephen

  • bohm
    bohm

    here is why it is wrong: a) humor is really a mix of different 'soft' intelligences - if its impossible for him to be funny, he is really a retard :-)
    b) when he look back on his life, will he really remember the times he had fun with his friends, or the times he was serious?

  • reniaa
    reniaa
    Ecclesiastes 3:1-5 (New International Version)

    1 There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under heaven:

    2 a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,

    3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,

    4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,

    5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

    Reniaa

  • Chalam
    Chalam

    Well I am glad you are learning from my posts Reniaa :)

    Now to the core issue, Jesus 1 Peter 2

    All the best,

    Stephen

  • Satanus
    Satanus

    Amassing knowledge is only one kind of intelligence. Other kinds are emotional and social intelligence. How well can he interact w people? Can he get people together to accomplish a goal? Then, there's nature. If he had to spendseveral days out in nature, how would he cope?

    'Course, maybe he's retreated from the outside. Maybe, he's a control freak, who feels empowered by posessing a bunch of facts.

    S

  • oompa
    oompa

    highdose, i say he needs to drink with you until he can slove this prob on his own...lol

    I would ask him where is the evidence of his point? There is no EVIDENCE either way, as that is just his opinion and he is fine with it.....you are just as correct in yours..............now stop thinking so much..........oomps

  • highdose
    highdose

    you just hit the nail on the head, they are a total control freak... very very nice but have to control everything

  • reniaa
    reniaa

    hi chalam

    I think in this rare case we are in agreement there is time for seriousness but God did not create the abundance around us and an ability to laugh and love in us so we cannot enjoy it and have happiness from it.

    Ecclesiastes 3:12
    I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.

    Reniaa

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