Introducing this Section

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I understood the split as this:

1) personal experience
2) non-personal experience discussion

A good distinction.

[bluegoose]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Let me put it another way, the interaction between the faith-based and academic-based approaches is one of the main things I enjoy about CG. Why on earth would we want to separate that?

I'm with Lebowski on this one.

[SteelBlue]

Originally Posted by bluegoose

I'm with Lebowski on this one.

As am I. I understand what Mike is attempting to do here, but I hope it doesn't change what I think was one of the best parts of CG. If people can truly refrain from attacking each other in the other section then perhaps it will have been worthwhile, but after day 1 it doesn't look likely.

[RockyBalboa]

Originally Posted by non sequitur

You are not wrong. It is a bad idea. Whenever I see the term "academic approach" I cringe. Out of curiosity, how do we differentiate between the academic approach and the pretentious approach?

With "intellectuals" both approaches are often intertwined.

[All-American]

Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

With "intellectuals" both approaches are often intertwined.

Pretention is an omnipresent bane to any field or method of learning.

[RockyBalboa]

Originally Posted by All-American

Pretention is an omnipresent bane to any field or method of learning.

Which of course is mostly displayed by "intellectuals" like I've already stated.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

Which of course is mostly displayed by "intellectuals" like I've already stated.

Anti-intellectualism is also a vice, perhaps one as big as pretension in intellectualism.