Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.~Ignorance is bliss. Why? Because knowing things is a burden and painful.
~Jesus taught us not to worry about tomorrow, because apparently we can’t control that any more than we can control our own height.
~Valuing ignorance would reduce gossiping because you wouldn’t know and you wouldn’t value knowing.
~Watching the news is a great source of knowledge, how happy does it make us?
~We shelter kids from all sorts of things because we believe knowing is harmful.
~Haven’t you ever had the impulse to shelter someone from a probably hurtful fact or insight?
~Haven’t you ever learned something that you wished you could unlearn?
~Was Solomon particularly happy and successful?
~Knowledge is power, but power corrupts. The more power, the greater the corruption, hence, the more knowledge you have, the more corrupt you become. And so, the more ignorance you retain, the more pure you remain.
~Knowledge without the power to do anything about it is the greatest pain of all. And since our personal power is so woefully limited, it’s better to know very little, only as much as you can personally act upon.
~Without knowledge, it is impossible to form despair.
~Did the Pharisees have knowledge? Yes. Did the Pharisees benefit from their knowledge? No. ~Did the Pharisees’ knowledge actually interfere with pleasing God? Yes.
~Knowledge puffs up.
~If people didn’t know so much, they would be a lot happier with the less they have. Consider how the “knowledge” brought to you by advertising actually makes you less happy
Bible References: Matt 10:16-20, Mark 12:28-31, Luke 10:25-28, Luke 12:11-12, 1 Cor 2:1-2, 1 Cor 8:1-3, 1 Cor 13:1-3
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