Willful Ignorance | 068 Coffee & Cigarettes
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I’ve had a bit of a revelation. What if the truth doesn’t matter? I’m not asking a philosophical question. What if you are trying to persuade a person based on what you believe to be the truth and that person doesn’t care about the truth? What if that person wishes to remain ignorant?
It’s a revelation that changes everything. I haven’t even begun to consider the implications of this. I remember when I was a lot more conservative than libertarian and I would argue against liberals and think, If only I could show them the truth. If they knew the truth, not only would we finally agree with one another, their lives would be forever changed for the better. But what if someone doesn’t care about the truth? What if they would rather live in ignorance?
I have shelves and shelves of books filled with political commentary in my office. Most of them are trying to prove to the reader their political ideologies are right. They are defending their positions with numbers and statistics and facts. They want the reader to acknowledge the truth they are presenting. However, with all of the books that ever been written, with all of the debates that have ever been had, people are still disagreeing with one another. When we can’t get the other side to agree, we accuse them of being ignorant and we continue trying to educate them. If only we can get them to learn. Maybe they have learned. Maybe they know the truth and just don’t care.
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Show Notes and Links
In a Relationship, and It’s Complicated | Lew Rockwell | June 2, 2011
http://lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory216.htmlBible references in this episode | Bible Gateway
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt%207:6,%20Matt%2010:14&version=KJV
About The Author
Jeremy Sarber
As pastor of Angier Primitive Baptist Church, I attribute my blessings and all of my successes to God’s wonderful grace. It seems only a short time ago, I was the prodigal son, wasting my substance on riotous living. By grace was I saved in more ways than one. Since then, I have been determined to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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