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 ;-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 10:56:37

• point taken!!! -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 10:57:38

• took me good seconds to realize whom Lin is. -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 18:04:31

• sorry 4 jumping from 1 post to next without explaining ;-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/12/2024 postreply 12:11:32

• It's amazing I haven't read even one book in that picture:-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 12:08:32

• And only To Kill A Mocking Bird is on the to-read list. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 12:09:21

• what is the difference between zeal and enthusiasm? -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 18:03:14

• Zeal = enthusiasm * 10, according to my estimate:-) -7grizzly- ♂ (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- ♂ (483 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 18:07:29

• 无知者无畏 -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 14:21:41

• Ignorance is bliss -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 14:24:52

• That is me：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 14:26:29

• 以前我们去野营，我儿子喜欢用石头磨擦起火而点燃篝火。 -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 18:54:59

• 该谚语能区分fire 和light， 了不起！ -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/11/2024 postreply 19:06:26