whocares wrote:since when is Intelligence "God Given"? I thought it was something that should be taught by mother/father/teachers, etc. It's not God Given. If you believe this, then you are wrong yet again. Just like people LEARN to be hateful or negative. It's not a GOD Given thing. Heck, it's not even a right.
First of all, that is a figure of speech. I'm sorry you didn't get that. I didn't realize that I'm discussing something with a literalist.
People are born with NATIVE intelligence. What they DO with it as they grow and mature is another issue. You canNOT teach anyone intelligence. You're dead wrong. You can only MEASURE their intelligence and TEACH them THINGS. Either they have the natural, native intelligence to understand the things that are being taught, or they don't.
For instance, it's obvious from just these few brief posts, that you are trying very hard to prove me wrong. Apparently, you NEED to do that, to make yourself feel more intelligent than you truly are. I can't help you with that and I certainly cannot help the fact that I'm more intelligent than you are. Do you notice I have not used one swear word in any of this? Do you notice that I have not called you a terrible name or wished a thousand plagues on you? It's called INTELLIGENT DEBATE or DISCOURSE.
You, on the other hand, are reading this and wanting to swear at me and use other forms of gutter talk. Why? Because that's what YOUR level of intelligence dictates you SHOULD do. It's much more difficult for you to actually DISCUSS something WITHOUT resorting to gutter talk. You are limited in that capacity and therefore, you reach back for the only thing you're really good at.