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'''Status Worship''' is an exaggerated emphasis on one's status rather than his actual insights, contributions, or effort.

'''Status worship''' is the exaggerated emphasis of a person's status rather than their actual insights, contributions, or effort.

[[Jesus]] was known to place no significance in one's status:

[[Jesus]] was known to place no significance in one's status:

:"Teacher," they said, "we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by men, '''because you pay no attention to who they are'''."<ref>Mt 22:16-17 (NIV) (emphasis added).</ref>

:"Teacher," they said, "we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of [[God]] in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by men, '''because you pay no attention to who they are'''."<ref>Mt 22:16-17 (NIV) (emphasis added).</ref>

In another translation the term "status" is used to describe what meant nothing to Jesus.<ref>See, e.g., the [[New American Bible]] translation for this passage.</ref>

In another translation<ref>See, e.g., the [[New American Bible]] translation for this passage.</ref> the term "status" is used to describe what meant nothing to Jesus.

Increasingly, [[public school]] textbooks teach history based the bias of '''status worship''', misleading students into thinking that status is more important than achievement.  Elected officials typically receive more emphasis than, for example, [[Thomas Edison]], who was selected as the most important person of the last thousand years by ''Life'' magazine.<ref>See [[Essay:Liberal Denials about History]].</ref>

Increasingly, [[public school]] textbooks teach history which is biased towards '''status worship''', thus misleading students into thinking that status is more important than achievement.  Elected officials typically receive more emphasis than, for example, [[Thomas Edison]], who was selected as the most important person of the last thousand years by ''Life'' magazine.<ref>See [[Essay:Liberal Denials about History]].</ref>

Status worship often leads [[Liberals]] into the [[deceit]] of exaggerating the status of the people they admire, as in the case of '[[Professor]]' [[Richard Dawkins]] and 'Assistant Professor' [[Barack Obama]].  This is worsened by the fact that many educational institutions are [[Liberal_bias#U.S._Universities|controlled by liberals]], who give positions to other liberals over better-qualified conservatives.  Thus liberals make claims of authority based on status that they do not even deserve.

Status worship often leads [[liberals]] into the [[deceit]] of exaggerating the status of people whom they admire, as in the cases of '[[Professor]]' [[Richard Dawkins]] or 'Assistant Professor' [[Barack Obama]].  This is exacerbated by the fact that many educational institutions are [[liberal_bias#U.S._Universities|controlled by liberals]], who give positions to other liberals over better-qualified conservatives.  Thus liberals make claims of authority based on a status which they do not even deserve.

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