They can talk about neural pathways and neurotransmitters as if
those big words definitively concluded anything, which they don't, at least with our current understanding of such things.
In other words, I find using
big words and jargon implies you feel insecure about your intelligence and education.
With nothing to prove, they prefer that others understand them, which
big words and jargon undermine.
Amortization: We introduced
a big word in this section.
Moving forward,
the big word for cryptocurrency is regulation.
The burger chain just inched by Victoria's Secret to notch
the biggest word of mouth gains.
---- I will have to look up
that big word.
Stop trying to use so many
big words when the one that really matters is JESUS!!
Take an anthropology course, that is, if you can read
big words yet.
And don't use
big words you don't understand.
To Sally... ummmm, you must have missed that my reply was to «SAYWHAT» and that I AM the one that posted the original long
BIG WORDED post.
P.S. I love the way you used
a big word, «alluded».
I guess you just do not have the reading comprehension levels needed to understand a post that uses them thar
big words.
I'm sorry, awanderingscot, but use of «
big words» you've recently added to your vocabulary will not improve your current credibility value of zero.
Do you write this pseudo-intellectual word salad yourself or do you have an app that just combines
big words together to form this drivel?
For those of us who know theology, we recognize that
the big word in the middle there means «church.»
Lionly: Please learn to use
those big words properly; you are using suffixes in odd places and your punctuation isn't all that it could be.
But, in truth, political morality consists precisely in resisting the seductive temptation of
the big words by which humanity and its opportunities are gambled away.»
I have tried to debate calvinist, they usually attack you personally and try to use
big words to sound very educated and always say you are misrepresenting what they believe but never actually tell you what they believe.
In some of the more asinine Amazon reviews, you will see that people have complained that the book, published by Thomas Nelson, employs «too many
big words» and that «literary fluff» clouds any clear, straightforward presentation of Christian theology.
But we common folks don't like to use
big words!
And yea, You are so awesome to tell me that you think I don't understand
the big words you used in your sentence.
Why are people so narrow minded and believe whatever
big words accompany some scientific theory.
Big words like «salvation», «save», sacrifice», «redeemer», «redemption», «righteousness», «repentence», «mercy», «sin», «forgiveness», «born again», «second coming», «God», «Jesus», and «Bible» and collections of words like «the creeds», «Lord's Prayer», and «liturgies» have acquired meanings that are serious distortions of their biblical and traditional meanings.
Paul never wrote about justification, sanctification, or any of other «
big words of the Bible.»
Theological Prolegomena are
big words for «An Introduction to Theology.»
Why do we theologians like to use
big words to say simple things?
The simple truth is, «hate» is far too
big a word to be thrown around with such little discretion.
Big words don't make you sound smart; they make you sound like a dumb person who is trying to sound smart.
As I mentioned earlier (and you clearly deliberately skipped or just had a hard time understanding
big words) is that the religion of the israelites and the current incarnation of judaism is similar but still separate, in that they had different rituals (sacrifices), different holidays (no simchat torah, etc...)
I have read through the comments here and I feel a bit overwhelmed by the technicalities and
big words.
This mistake is understandable, since those are some «
big words» but what really surprised me was this excerpt made it into a radio ad spot.
As any eschatological (yep, that's
a big word for studying future things!)
It is not that the author used
big words or fancy philosophical language, but that the book formatting kept throwing me off.
Please give your rational behind your claim that it debunks the science, and I speak science so by all means, use
your big words.
I think when preaching to Jews in the temple, they would be familiar with the concepts of propitiation or other such
big words, so they wouldn't be daunting to Paul.
He basically said that a lot of people link deepness to using
big words.
A bit late to the party, obviously, but I still think that it needs to be said: sometimes the question is not «Should I pick
a big word or a small word?»
@hawaii — I'm sorry, I'm just a dumb Christian who doesn't understand
those big words you just used.
but, on the other extreme, some congregations don't realise that
the big words encapsulate big concepts and if they were only willing to learn what they mean it actually could make it all a lot simpler and more straight forward.
They don't care what I know (or how many
big words I know), they only want to know if I care about them.
It seems to me that
the big words are of value but only when used with humility and in the right context.
(Just as it seems you are proud of your religion illiteracy and (oh
big word hun, pull out your dictionary or google page) ineffectual way of communication.
All those sciencey
big words scare you pastor?
I answer this in the post which I will publish later today, but for now, I don't think the words were «
big words» for Paul or his audience.
What about
big words of the Bible?
I know that sometimes
big words are necessary, but I think that usually, theologians use
big words so that we will be impressed by their knowledge, and as a result, will not question them when they later start to say some outlandish things.
You have to take all the advanced math courses, like calculus and trig, and read a lot of books with
big words in them, and then spend time doing experiments and research projects until you begin to grasp the underlying concepts.
Isn't it up to us to educate people to know and understand
the big words that they will encounter in the Bible rather than «dumb it down» to their level?
And that is why we need to know
the big words today... if we are going to read the old theologians.