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Evil Genius? NO. Obama’s an evil PENIS.
“Genius pre-supposes virtue.”
I have to disagree with that. Genius just denotes a level of intellect far outside the normal range. It also is used informally to categorize people who exhibit talents far outside the normal range, even if they don’t necessarily show a “genius level” intellect. Neither of those usages implies anything at all about virtue.
In fact I would say that geniuses have a tendency to be less virtuous than people of ordinary intellect, because they may believe that their extraordinary nature exempts them from the rules that apply to “ordinary people”. They can also tend towards narcissism and other antisocial tendencies or emotional issues that can be big hurdles to living a virtuous life.
Genius is a neutral thing. It can be put to good or bad use. I don’t get the picky point here.
The leader seems to have a psychic ability to affect peoples' wills, but the effect is really due to one of his underlings whom, in a fit of rage, he kills. He then loses his power, in such a striking change that it is doubted that it is the same man.
The force of will seems to have been a stumbling block. The true Will of the Divinity is self-sacrificing. It is only the will of a rebellious underling that proclaims itself supreme, but it destroys itself.
The leader seems to have a psychic ability to affect peoples' wills, but the effect is really due to one of his underlings whom, in a fit of rage, he kills. He then loses his power, in such a striking change that it is doubted that it is the same man.
The force of will seems to have been a stumbling block. The true Will of the Divinity is self-sacrificing. It is only the will of a rebellious underling that proclaims itself supreme, but it destroys itself.
Fatuous. Of course geniuses can be evil. I’d even go so far as to say that given enough success, most-to-all geniuses become evil. Look at Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs... Buffett’s purchased 2-3 million abortions and calls it Charity.
Oh...I thought this was a comment about Bill Belichick.
If you don’t realize that selling your soul to Satan is a losing bargain, you certainly should not be described as a genius.
Can you be competent at fulling ignorant rubes and be evil? Yes.
Can you successfully implement your plans and be evil? Yes.
Can you actually understand the LORD and be evil? No.
“What does it profit a man to gain the world and lose his soul?” Jesus asked.
No matter how intellectually or materially gifted someone might be, if it is misdirected away from what God intended, it will always in the end amount to foolishness.
Ultimately, we all reap what we sow.
Unhappily, I must also disagree. Great intellect and greatness of character do not always go hand in hand. However, really great intellect seldom lends itself to world domination or malice. They have different types of visions. No, Stalin and Hitler were not geniuses, nor is Obama or Clinton. They are rather people of great charisma or tremendous force of will, different characteristics.
Some of the “evil genius” mythology comes from a rather simple origin. It is also said that genius and insanity are closely linked. They are not, though they may be present in the same person. But, a crazy person and a brilliant person are both incomprehensible to an average person. . .so they look the same.
The answer is in the Bible, you know a man by his works. The insane person cannot produce a viable product or result, the genius can and usually does.
refers to Karl Rove, doesn’t it?