Because of an injury I had to go back to school and retrain so I could continue to feed myself rather than live off the welfare system. So I took courses to get into the IT field. Some elders were ok with it but others looked for every opportunity to open their stupid yaps. The new career has been good to me as I enjoy it and it gives back as much as I'm willing to put into it. To remain employed I have to keep up to date with new technologies, so I sometimes take courses part time. The elders became livid when I signed up for a course on firewalls. They didn't interfere with meetings or service as they were on Saturday afternoons, but the elders took away all my "privilidges" and pronounced me "materialistic".
I then decided that, since they were so opposed to my alleged "materialism" that it would be inappropriate for them to benefit from my material gain. So I promptly threw their book study group out of my house. I stacked the chairs on the elder's porch, blocking his front door with them.
In all the discussions I had with the elders on this matter, they never once opened the bible they claim to hold in such high esteem. Instead they spew forth the opinions of men, and very stupid men at that! Telling them this, as well as throwing out the BS, brought me great joy.
I've never heard an educated person say that education is a waste of time. Comments like that usually come from the ignorant. Never let anyone talk you out of getting an education.
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