Ignorance

PureX · Nov 1, 2017

BSM1 said:
But just because we accept that there are things we don't know, we can't reject that knowledge unless we specifically know what we don't know.

Yes, we can. And we do it all the time. Ever been to a book store, or a library? Do you go home with all the books? No? Did you know what was in all those books you refused to read? Of course not. But you rejected them, and the information in them, anyway. It's very easy to choose not to learn something new. Some people go years without learning anything. They just assume they already know everything they need to know.

Buddha Dharma · Nov 1, 2017

Fool said:
Is the lack of knowledge a form of sin?

Don't know about sin, but ignorance is definitely a chief ill in Buddhism. This goes beyond ignorance to knowledge and is about a general misunderstanding of fundamental reality.

Fool · Nov 1, 2017

Thief said:
so, on second thought.....

are you reconsidering the event in Genesis?

that perhaps.....Adam and Eve were already in a state of sin
were ignorant of it
and the acquisition of knowledge ( between good and evil)
was the only way to cure the ignorance

and the sin

cultivating, or assimilating, in the body.

I've often wondered if the tree of knowledge and the tree of life are one and the same, and how it's used. if its used to empower, that wouldn't be a problem. if it's used to over power, then its would become an issue.

BSM1 · Nov 1, 2017

PureX said:
Yes, we can. And we do it all the time. Ever been to a book store, or a library? Do you go home with all the books? No? Did you know what was in all those books you refused to read? Of course not. But you rejected them, and the information in them, anyway. It's very easy to choose not to learn something new. Some people go years without learning anything. They just assume they already know everything they need to know.

But you were just rejecting the books. You could not reject what was in the books if you had no inkling of their content.

ChristineM · Nov 1, 2017

Fool said:
Is the lack of knowledge a form of sin?

No, one can't be knowledgeable in all things but refusing to educate yourself and increase your knowledge is a pretty poor state to be in.

Fool · Nov 1, 2017

ChristineM said:
No, one can't be knowledgeable in all things but refusing to educate yourself and increase your knowledge is a pretty poor state to be in.

i agree. an educated, unsocialized, and inexperienced person generally has primitive and/or immature behavior.

Fool · Nov 1, 2017

Vee said:
Lack of knowledge is a form if ignorance.

Hebrews 9:7
But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

Vee · Nov 1, 2017

Fool said:
Hebrews 9:7
But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

I didn't realize there was a context to the OP.
I believe that means the people had committed sins because they didn't know any better or maybe they weren't aware of something. The fact that they didn't know in itself is not the sin. I think the sin was the action.

ChristineM · Nov 1, 2017

Fool said:
i agree. an educated, unsocialized, and inexperienced person generally has primitive and/or immature behavior.

I find that if they are educated and wish to continue that education that the person is not unsocialised, or immature

Kelly of the Phoenix · Nov 1, 2017

Fool said:
Is the lack of knowledge a form of sin?

Ignorance isn't a sin. Stupidity (willful ignorance) is.

PureX said:
Yes, we can. And we do it all the time. Ever been to a book store, or a library? Do you go home with all the books?

We aren't Lawnmower Man. We can never learn EVERYTHING. However, I feel that if you are dealing with a particular subject and have no interest in pursuing knowledge about said subject, that is stupid. If I go to a library and am there for how leaves turn colors and I don't read that, I am stupid for the subject matter and ignorant of 99% of the rest of the library.

Thief · Nov 1, 2017

Fool said:
cultivating, or assimilating, in the body.

I've often wondered if the tree of knowledge and the tree of life are one and the same, and how it's used. if its used to empower, that wouldn't be a problem. if it's used to over power, then its would become an issue.

we were given the ability to over power

go forth, be fruitful.......dominate all things, subdue the earth
it did become a problem....when we turned that ability unto our fellowman

Bird123 · Nov 1, 2017

Fool said:
Is the lack of knowledge a form of sin?

Lack of knowledge is not a sin. Everyone lacks knowledge of some sort.

Refusing to acquire knowledge even is not a sin simply because the need to acquire knowledge will present itself if one is dead set not to learn and grow.

I really do not like the term sin. The judging and condemning that goes along with it keeps one from truly reaching a Higher Level.

Fool · Nov 1, 2017

ChristineM said:
I find that if they are educated and wish to continue that education that the person is not unsocialised, or immature

my apologies, that should have been uneducated.

Fool · Nov 1, 2017

Fool said:
i agree. an educated, unsocialized, and inexperienced person generally has primitive and/or immature behavior.

being stewards, or servants, of the earth and cultivating and maintaining is somewhat different from exploiting and destroying. in genesis we see the idea of creating from chaos, untamed rampant growth, or the unformed and in revelation those who destroy the earth are being held accountable for the lack of respect for the earth.

humans are somewhat like parasites that are sustained by the earth and the minerals, flora, and fauna that it consumes from it. without it, we wouldn't exist.

Fool · Nov 1, 2017

Bird123 said:
Lack of knowledge is not a sin. Everyone lacks knowledge of some sort.

Refusing to acquire knowledge even is not a sin simply because the need to acquire knowledge will present itself if one is dead set not to learn and grow.

I really do not like the term sin. The judging and condemning that goes along with it keeps one from truly reaching a Higher Level.

en lieu of sin once could use error, mistake, trespass, and a whole host of other terms.

its just a word based on an action of negativity towards self or other's as self.

to err is human, to forgive is divine, or to have mercy is divine. father forgive them for they know not what they do.

zahra67 · Nov 2, 2017

Fool said:
Is the lack of knowledge a form of sin?

i dont think lack of knowledge is sin by itself,
but every one can research, ponder and God helps him-her.
God says in the holy Quran verse 69 of chapter 29:
وَالَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا فِينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَعَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ ﴿۶۹﴾
And (as for) those who strive hard for Us, We will most certainly guide them in Our ways; and Allah is most surely with the doers of good.
so, accessing knowledge, is striving path in the way of God, God helps us and rewards us.

PureX · Nov 2, 2017

BSM1 said:
But you were just rejecting the books. You could not reject what was in the books if you had no inkling of their content.

We're done here.

BSM1 · Nov 2, 2017

PureX said:
We're done here.

Sooo...have you just rejected knowledge?

SalixIncendium · Nov 2, 2017

Fool said:
Is the lack of knowledge a form of sin?

No.

Fool · Nov 2, 2017

SalixIncendium said:
No.

even when it's negligence, or the rejection of knowing?

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