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An ACTUALLY Fascinating Sermon ("How to Improve Your Mind")

submitted by griefer_queafer

1 decade 3 years 9 months 4 weeks ago

"There's a world of difference between knowledge and wisdom; one can have a lot of knowledge and have no wisdom."

Even if, in the end, all of this really wise shit he is saying adds up to his larger *lies, there is some very good stuff in here. Some of it very much wrong, but all of it pretty compelling shit, from an extremely powerful speaker: the great theologian and professor of philosophy Fulton J. Sheen. As a scholar, it isn't hard for me to respect this man's intellect. As an atheist, on the other hand, it is impossible for me to not feel challenged by him because of his larger politics and ideas.

Sheen here is interested in the relationship between (over-) specialization and (obscene) ignorance.

22 mins. 1956

8 Comments

For the 50's that is amazing. I wouldn't be able to find that kind of sermon on a modern televangelism "show". Nor, did I receive anything as blunt and articulate in all my years going to Sunday school and seminary (10-12 years worth people).

Moving this video to griefer_queafer's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

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"Never go to psychiatrist who's divorced...."

liked that one. Guilty liked.

He also said that entertainment will exhaust the emotions and break down your emotional life you need.

I donno about that. Kind of quaint i think.

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