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Originally posted by punkworld
There are no "beliefs by themselves". Beliefs by themselves are summaries for the lazy. However, every belief includes a large number of premises, arguments and reasons.
If you use beliefs by themselves, you are saying that essentially, the positions of a teen rebelling against his religious parents and Nietzsche are the same.
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His original premise was not that deep and that is why I answered as I did.
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Originally posted by Colin
Can you get an idea of someone's general intellectual ability from their political views or religious beliefs?
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Yes...you can "get an idea" but it does not mean that your "idea" is accurate...because it would be a subjective "idea"...based upon your own biases.
It would also depend upon which definition of intellectual you are looking at...the "rational" definition or the "capacity" definition.