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The Genealogist

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12. They say ignorance is bliss

Mon Sep 17, 2018, 08:03 PM

Sep 2018

To seek knowledge is to have questions. Answer a question and more pop up. Questions breed like rabbits. And questions, many feel, make life unsure. They make life complex, when it can seem so simple to just accept what you are told. You're asking for trouble if you ask questions, just asking for trouble, for problems.

It is far easier to join a church or other religious body, where there are so many answers there. Many religions have an answer for pretty much any question or issue that comes up. Money problems? Here is a Bible verse. Kids acting up? Bible verse for that. Work getting you down? Have another Bible verse. So much simpler.

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And Then, Ignorance Begat Ignorance [View all] MineralMan Sep 2018 OP

I believe that "belief" is the kryptonite of knowledge. dchill Sep 2018 #1

True enough. If you "believe," you might think there's nothing MineralMan Sep 2018 #2

I believe you're right. dchill Sep 2018 #3

And yet information is more available now that it's ever been. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #4

Yes, there is ignorance on all sides, not just religion. MineralMan Sep 2018 #5

And my post is relevant to religion The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #8

Trying to figure out WHY people prefer ignorance isn't my goal, really. MineralMan Sep 2018 #9

Ignorance is easy... NeoGreen Sep 2018 #11

They say ignorance is bliss The Genealogist Sep 2018 #12

In 1960, with no internet, the republicans in Kansas believed that if JFK got elected demigoddess Sep 2018 #7

religious beliefs always seem to trump science. demigoddess Sep 2018 #6

and Ignorance begat... NeoGreen Sep 2018 #10