tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544681.post112870528219014038..comments2023-04-28T08:18:22.750-07:00Comments on watch me reOrient: reorient reader: You are Getting Stupider Every Time You Are Here.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06417255239411764360noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544681.post-1129698338966393082005-10-18T22:05:00.000-07:002005-10-18T22:05:00.000-07:00I attend the University of Waterloo, where marks s...I attend the University of Waterloo, where marks sometimes become everything. It often does go too far. I've heard that one prestigious school doesn't give out grades in first year (only pass/fail) to keep suicide rates down among frosh who've never seen anything below 95 who suddenly find themselves with 60s. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes though, smarts can be important. I don't know if it's a particular calling or not, but God's gifted me in the area of engineering. In engineering, competence plays a big role - if you don't know your stuff, you could design something that kills someone. Gordon, in his book "Structures, or why things don't fall down" entitles one section regarding ethics and competence, "Engineering as applied theology". I think that's where I see 'smarts' as being important - they enable me to be able to go out and design things that improve people's lives and keeps them safe.<BR/><BR/>Certainly, God's call trumps everything, and we should never put confidence in our own strength. But I think intelligence still has its place, because as I see it, it's an important tool God's given to make a difference in this world.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13588241545136926335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544681.post-1129440640539358072005-10-15T22:30:00.000-07:002005-10-15T22:30:00.000-07:00Great writing here. I completely agree with you o...Great writing here. I completely agree with you on this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544681.post-1129135544801355532005-10-12T09:45:00.000-07:002005-10-12T09:45:00.000-07:00I am so with you! I left a music performance degr...I am so with you! I left a music performance degree unfinished to go into ministry. Haven't regretted it, but everyone else seems to.Daron Bilyeuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802202316676462971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544681.post-1128791625935467772005-10-08T10:13:00.000-07:002005-10-08T10:13:00.000-07:00Ahh Erwin...I am but I am not.Ahh Erwin...I am but I am not.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16852027181123497811noreply@blogger.com