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Intellect Is No Substitute For Virtue

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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Intellect and morality operate on different tracks. Intellect has to do with knowledge. Morality has to do with motive and behavior.

Intellect can get you a job. Morality can help you keep it. Intellect can get you good grades. Morality involves treating others with respect, regardless of their IQ. Intellect is often admired, unless of course a person's immorality overshadows their smarts.

God created angels to be extremely intelligent. Some of the angels went rogue and pursued immorality and disobedience. Not a very smart choice on their part.

Some of history's most brutal dictators have had a high IQ. They were "smart" about discovering new ways to control and dominate people. Intelligence can provide you with influence and status, but only morality will assure that you use your authority wisely.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/mans-intelligence-will-never-fix-his-immorality-130233/

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