In the same way the universe is comprised of a disproportionately larger amount of antimatter to matter, so the human mind is comprised of a disproportionately larger amount of ignorance to intelligence; and that’s because intelligence knows that maintaining a self-awareness of its own ignorance is the most important strength, for it is the sine qua non of all learning, while ignorance is full of “passionate intensity” for its “convictions,” as Yeats put it, and sees any admission of ignorance as its greatest weakness, and simply proof of a lack of faith in God.
I grew up in a family that is about as homophobic as Phil Robertson and the Westboro Baptists, only they're not quite as boisterous about it; at least not in public anyway. They have also conveniently convinced themselves that their homophobia is really just their unique Christian ability to "hate the sin, but love the sinner" (even though these very same Christians adamantly refuse to accept that people can "hate Christianity, but love the Christian"). The sexual superiority complex necessarily relied on by such Christians is, of course, blanketed beneath the lambs wool of the Christian humility of serving "God." They interpret their fear of those who are different, in other words, as simply proof of their intimate knowledge and love of God. And the only thing such Christians are more sure about than that their own personal version of "God" exists, is that such a "God" would never want people to be homosexual - no matter how ma
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