A recent book observes that in American there is a “breakdown of the consensus that the pursuit of knowledge is good.” The author goes on to say: “[America] decides that because there are two sides to every question, they both must be right, or at least not wrong.”
Now that’s a scary thought isn’t it, and I’m sorry to say it, but I suspect that the author is right. With the rise of the internet and twenty-four hour news, we are bombarded with information, but not necessarily with knowledge. Any fool can create a blog on the internet and pass off their opinion (informed or uninformed) as information, and despite the amount of time given to the news
hardly any of it gives any analysis beyond the ten-second sound byte. We have information, but little knowledge.
I also fear that much the same can be said on the religious scene. Preachers on television and in pulpits are free to say just about anything that they want about scripture, because generally, congregations know so little about it. I could, for example, tell you that Genesis proves that dinosaurs were around at the same time as Adam and Eve. Indeed, there is a museum in Kentucky that says exactly that. But would you know whether that is true or not?
We increasingly depend upon others to tell us what to think and what to believe, because we simply don’t take the time to find out what is true; what is known. I encourage you therefore to read and study all that you can. Recognize that not all opinions are equal; that some are right and some are wrong. Question the source of your information; does it have an agenda, does it sound
true? Use the God-given brain that you are blessed with, and become as knowledgeable as possible.
The Church, at its best, has always believed that knowledge was a gift given to us by God. That is why most science, music, architecture, history and philosophy have come from the Church. Gain knowledge of all of God’s Creation; it is your right.

I’ll see you in church - Roy

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