12-22-2018, 11:02 AM
(12-13-2018, 04:39 AM)IainH Wrote:(12-12-2018, 07:35 PM)Ed Hurst Wrote: You missed the point, Iain. It's not that we are a cut above, but it's a limited group. Lots of very smart people have no idea about those subjects I mentioned. They could know, but they don't. And some very average folk do know those subjects, and they handle our stuff quite well. It's a group limited by background, not intelligence. And Jay wasn't suggesting we were elite, but that God often chose bright folks to get things started. Somehow we got into good company without being qualified.
"Elite: a select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society"
Oxford Dictionary.
One of the synonyms of the aforementioned is "elect" so, fair enough, I'll bear my superiority with humility. It's etymology is French from the Latin eligere which translates "to pick out". Ooh la la, nous sommes les hommes les plus superieurs; we are men most superior.
I did get your, naturally because I'm superior, point. There has to be a better term than elite, because it's habitual use would attract more obnoxious jerks such as myself! Hee Haw!
"Elect" i like. I believe God "selected" a group of people to be this "elect" group. Nowhere does this add to our status; it simply humbles us to be among this group. It is at His whim should that continue, not our actions or words.