APAD: Zeal without knowledge is fire without light

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light

Writers of Kern Blogging Challenge (A-Z) Thomas Fuller said, “Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.” It implies that anyone pursuing something with zeal and enthusiasm, but not with the requisite knowledge, is likely to be unsuccessful. It’s a great thing to be passionate and eager to fight and for something you believe in, but [...]

Zeal without knowledge has wreaked incalculable havoc through history. All we have to do is think of the scores of political movements and would-be saviors who have promised the impossible while relying on the ignorance of the masses as to their true agendas. For all the horror that has resulted on the earthly plane on account of zeal without knowledge, it ultimately pales in comparison to what happens spiritually when zealotry is joined with ignorance. Combine a lack of understanding with spiritual zeal, and you end up with everything from legalism to religious terrorism.

 

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This got a R4 (highest for Reality) per Lin's philosophy ;-) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 10:56:37

point taken!!! -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 10:57:38

took me good seconds to realize whom Lin is. -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 18:04:31

sorry 4 jumping from 1 post to next without explaining ;-) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/12/2024 postreply 12:11:32

It's amazing I haven't read even one book in that picture:-) -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 12:08:32

And only To Kill A Mocking Bird is on the to-read list. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 12:09:21

what is the difference between zeal and enthusiasm? -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 18:03:14

Zeal = enthusiasm * 10, according to my estimate:-) -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 19:51:07

it'd be a real surperise if I'd read one from a big pile -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (483 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 18:07:29

無知者無畏 -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 14:21:41

Ignorance is bliss -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 14:24:52

That is me:) -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 14:26:29

以前我們去野營,我兒子喜歡用石頭磨擦起火而點燃篝火。 -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 18:54:59

該諺語能區分fire 和light, 了不起! -方外居士- 給 方外居士 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 19:06:26

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