New topic
Printable| Author | Message |
Is Sherri Sheppard (from The View) an idiot? 
You be the judge. This is a clip from today's show. The ladies on The View were aparently discussing religion and science and Whoopi asks her if she thinks the world is flat. Poor Elisabeth even seems to have a leg up on Sherri. Elisabeth asks her what she would tell her son if he asked her if the earth was flat. 
This is what she said: http://www.youtube.com/wa...ACobXN7_p8 [Edited 9/18/07 21:41pm] | |
- E-mail - orgNote -  Report post to moderator |
yes...she is an idiot...i saw the show & couldnt beleive how stunned she was. almost as bad as elizabitch..i cannot STAND her!!! she should take a LONG vacation from the show  | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
No, she's not an idiot. She's talking about how some people in the community of faith navigate through "gray areas" in perpetuating their faith and instructing their children.
The context appears to be weighing religious doctrine and scientific laws. Elizabeth Hasselbeck raised an oft-overlooked point toward the end of that clip about how scientific "fact" gets revised, even repudiated, on a regular basis. Within that rarely discussed aspect of the fallibility and limitations of science, we have the point that Sheppard wasn't given the chance to articulate: In the realm of humanity's limitations lie questions she believes can be answered only by God. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
No, she's not an idiot. She's talking about how some people in the community of faith navigate through "gray areas" in perpetuating their faith and instructing their children.
The context appears to be weighing religious doctrine and scientific laws. Elizabeth Hasselbeck raised an oft-overlooked point toward the end of that clip about how scientific "fact" gets revised, even repudiated, on a regular basis. Within that rarely discussed aspect of the fallibility and limitations of science, we have the point that Sheppard wasn't given the chance to articulate: In the realm of humanity's limitations lie questions she believes can be answered only by God. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Whoops. Calligraphy beat me to it. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Calligraphy said: No, she's not an idiot. She's talking about how some people in the community of faith navigate through "gray areas" in perpetuating their faith and instructing their children.
The context appears to be weighing religious doctrine and scientific laws. Elizabeth Hasselbeck raised an oft-overlooked point toward the end of that clip about how scientific "fact" gets revised, even repudiated, on a regular basis. Within that rarely discussed aspect of the fallibility and limitations of science, we have the point that Sheppard wasn't given the chance to articulate: In the realm of humanity's limitations lie questions she believes can be answered only by God. She said she didnt know if the earth was flat and if her son asked her about it, she'd have to look it up.  | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
dreamfactory313 said: Calligraphy said: No, she's not an idiot. She's talking about how some people in the community of faith navigate through "gray areas" in perpetuating their faith and instructing their children.
The context appears to be weighing religious doctrine and scientific laws. Elizabeth Hasselbeck raised an oft-overlooked point toward the end of that clip about how scientific "fact" gets revised, even repudiated, on a regular basis. Within that rarely discussed aspect of the fallibility and limitations of science, we have the point that Sheppard wasn't given the chance to articulate: In the realm of humanity's limitations lie questions she believes can be answered only by God. She said she didnt know if the earth was flat and if her son asked her about it, she'd have to look it up. I heard her also try to clarify that that sort of question doesn't enter her mind, that her thoughts trend more toward how she's going to raise and feed her son. Here's my thought on the video clip: It shows a woman being asked about two of the most personal aspects of her life -- her faith and her son, and how one informs the other. I think very few of us would be able to handle that smoothly on live television while sharing the stage with 4 comparably seasoned entertainers who are more used to that format. I empathize with Sheppard, because that's a tough spot to be in. Still, it's her current job. She's going to need to grow more comfortable in that role. It comes with time and experience. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Note to sherry....
THE EARTH IS NOT FLAT!  | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Calligraphy said: dreamfactory313 said: She said she didnt know if the earth was flat and if her son asked her about it, she'd have to look it up. I heard her also try to clarify that that sort of question doesn't enter her mind, that her thoughts trend more toward how she's going to raise and feed her son. Here's my thought on the video clip: It shows a woman being asked about two of the most personal aspects of her life -- her faith and her son, and how one informs the other. I think very few of us would be able to handle that smoothly on live television while sharing the stage with 4 comparably seasoned entertainers who are more used to that format. I empathize with Sheppard, because that's a tough spot to be in. Still, it's her current job. She's going to need to grow more comfortable in that role. It comes with time and experience. I'll grant her that. Im not ready to write her off as a total idiot but this clip was alarming to me. The anti-intellectualism that religion fosters is dangerous and erodes any semblance of common sense in a society. This comming from someone who views science and matters of faith as mutually exclusive phenomenon. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
dreamfactory313 said: Calligraphy said: I heard her also try to clarify that that sort of question doesn't enter her mind, that her thoughts trend more toward how she's going to raise and feed her son. Here's my thought on the video clip: It shows a woman being asked about two of the most personal aspects of her life -- her faith and her son, and how one informs the other. I think very few of us would be able to handle that smoothly on live television while sharing the stage with 4 comparably seasoned entertainers who are more used to that format. I empathize with Sheppard, because that's a tough spot to be in. Still, it's her current job. She's going to need to grow more comfortable in that role. It comes with time and experience. I'll grant her that. Im not ready to write her off as a total idiot but this clip was alarming to me. The anti-intellectualism that religion fosters is dangerous and erodes any semblance of common sense in a society. This comming from someone who views science and matters of faith as mutually exclusive phenomenon. We're probably close to taking this topic to P&R, but I would venture to say that religion and science aren't mutually exclusive phenomena. Science always has, to me, helped explain the wonders of God's creation. Many books in the Old Testament deal with physics and dimensions. I also would say that the process of building one's faith, in as much as the faith put forth in the Bible is a progressive one, is very much an empirical one, that people's faith progresses based on the results they see as they apply the Bible's teachings. In another context, that same process of practice and observation is known as the scientific method. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
|
No, she is not an "idiot"...I wouldn't call her that. But she's definitely not as intellectual as some of the other panelists when it comes to mature discussion. I can see Barbara getting annoyed with Sherri down the line. She has a tendency to be very loud and spontaneous sometimes to her detriment. U can always look at Babs and tell when she is perturbed about something the girls done said at the table. love is a fate resigned memories mar my mind love it is a fate resigned Over futile odds and laughed at by the Gods and now the final frame Love is a losing game |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Calligraphy said: dreamfactory313 said: I'll grant her that. Im not ready to write her off as a total idiot but this clip was alarming to me. The anti-intellectualism that religion fosters is dangerous and erodes any semblance of common sense in a society. This comming from someone who views science and matters of faith as mutually exclusive phenomenon. We're probably close to taking this topic to P&R, but I would venture to say that religion and science aren't mutually exclusive phenomena. Science always has, to me, helped explain the wonders of God's creation. Many books in the Old Testament deal with physics and dimensions. I also would say that the process of building one's faith, in as much as the faith put forth in the Bible is a progressive one, is very much an empirical one, that people's faith progresses based on the results they see as they apply the Bible's teachings. In another context, that same process of practice and observation is known as the scientific method. Check your Org Notes. I dont want my thread moved. | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
I knew she was an idiot when she got angry about the idea of a parent talking to their 12-year old child about sex | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA | |
| - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |