RevCrossHugger writes:
BTW I have a MA in C. Theology...
Then you of all people should understand how frustrating it is for a specialist to come across someone who's arrogant but only knows the misconceptions of whatever subject the specialist is an expert in.
When I was a physics TA, the most annoying thing that I encountered on a regular basis was theology or english students arguing with me about such and such in class. There was one instance that comes to my mind now. I think this was an english or theology major that came to me for help on a physics problem. Coming from memory, it went something like 1 person jumps up and falls back to the ground while another person in a moving elevator (elevator was moving up) jumps up and falls down to the elevator floor. Assuming they both jumped up with the exact same energy input, who will fall back down faster?
It was a basic problem and the answer was obvious. But we ended up arguing for 20 minutes or so because her common sense told her the guy in the elevator should hit the bottom of the elevator faster than the guy jumping from the ground. It was frustrating to be talking to someone who didn't know what she was talking about but insist on being right.
You wouldn't appreciate it if I start claiming that biblical evidence suggest Jesus was actually an alien in disguise, would you?
Remember that the people who are criticizing you are phd's in the field we're talking about.
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