Comments on: The 4 C’s http://fuzzimuzzi.com/?p=826 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:04:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jean http://fuzzimuzzi.com/?p=826&cpage=1#comment-18308 Jean Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:06:16 +0000 http://fuzzimuzzi.com/?p=826#comment-18308 Wah... you guys are getting more chim... This is great! Another thing about diamonds is that they are only produced under extreme temperature and pressure. If not, they just remain as graphite... =P Wah… you guys are getting more chim… This is great! Another thing about diamonds is that they are only produced under extreme temperature and pressure. If not, they just remain as graphite… =P

]]> By: Cheng Yee http://fuzzimuzzi.com/?p=826&cpage=1#comment-18305 Cheng Yee Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:02:59 +0000 http://fuzzimuzzi.com/?p=826#comment-18305 I think a consideration of your lecturer's position would explain his thinking. I read about this situation in a recent music critique class. Your lecturer is speaking from the viewpoint of someone who HAS achieved something. Therefore he only sees what HE has done and not the talents that allowed his efforts to bear fruit. Should he be in the position of a student who has exhausted himself to achieve a certain goal and still failed, he would likely think otherwise. I would perceive his failure to understand talent as minimum quota of abilities rather than as a limitation to be his main problem. Since I'm assuming that he prefers to believe of talent being irrelevant as a means believe that anything is possible. In such a case, it is interesting to note that your observation that he's ignorance of God serves to his disadvantage. As the previous statement "...believing that everything is possible" lacks two defining words - "through Christ". I think a consideration of your lecturer’s position would explain his thinking. I read about this situation in a recent music critique class. Your lecturer is speaking from the viewpoint of someone who HAS achieved something. Therefore he only sees what HE has done and not the talents that allowed his efforts to bear fruit.

Should he be in the position of a student who has exhausted himself to achieve a certain goal and still failed, he would likely think otherwise.

I would perceive his failure to understand talent as minimum quota of abilities rather than as a limitation to be his main problem. Since I’m assuming that he prefers to believe of talent being irrelevant as a means believe that anything is possible. In such a case, it is interesting to note that your observation that he’s ignorance of God serves to his disadvantage. As the previous statement “…believing that everything is possible” lacks two defining words – “through Christ”.

]]> By: Ryan http://fuzzimuzzi.com/?p=826&cpage=1#comment-18304 Ryan Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:49:26 +0000 http://fuzzimuzzi.com/?p=826#comment-18304 I thought I'd mention this. In school, my lecturer advocates the theory that there is no such thing as talent at all, but a person simply becomes good at something if he puts in enough time and effort into it. In other words, anyone can be a lawyer, doctor, singer, and so on. Everything is based on external factors. I found the theory to be very disturbing. It seems to me a way of minimizing God's work in the equation. If the concept of talent were, then it is more likely that there was a Giver of talents. Wouldn't it be easier to just deal away with the whole concept of talents, than to wrestle with the idea of Creator God? I thought I’d mention this. In school, my lecturer advocates the theory that there is no such thing as talent at all, but a person simply becomes good at something if he puts in enough time and effort into it. In other words, anyone can be a lawyer, doctor, singer, and so on. Everything is based on external factors.

I found the theory to be very disturbing. It seems to me a way of minimizing God’s work in the equation. If the concept of talent were, then it is more likely that there was a Giver of talents. Wouldn’t it be easier to just deal away with the whole concept of talents, than to wrestle with the idea of Creator God?

]]> By: Ryan http://fuzzimuzzi.com/?p=826&cpage=1#comment-18303 Ryan Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:46:29 +0000 http://fuzzimuzzi.com/?p=826#comment-18303 A very thought provoking post. Well done! :) A very thought provoking post. Well done! :)

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