The other day my family went to the park to play catch with a football. My wife payed attention as I taught the boys how to throw the ball. After throwing the ball perfectly a couple of times she said, "You know, it feels good when you throw it right." And that is exactly the way it feels when we act in the truth, it feels right and it will show.
The only way we can truly know the truth is by experiencing the truth. Until we know the truth it will simply just be one more theory that may or may not be true. Christ said to prove his words, do what he says and we can know if it came from the Father.
Education is important. However, learning how to think is much more important than learning what to think. The challenge faced by those trying to get an education nowadays is that many professors have become arrogant and prideful and are not interested in teaching their students how to think, but are more interested in teaching them what to think. The theories they teach are taught as fact, yet in 10 years those truths will be replaced by "new truths." Not that we can not benefit from those theories, but if we are not careful we can be sucked in to the idea that education comes by feeding the ego of our professors, rather than using our professors knowledge to surpass them.
I believe that it is our responsibility to question God. If we should question God then we should definitely question those who think they know more than God. The most important principle in education today seems to be to question everything including your beliefs. But I say the most important principle in education is to learn how to listen for the answers to your questions.
Education is important. However, learning how to think is much more important than learning what to think. The challenge faced by those trying to get an education nowadays is that many professors have become arrogant and prideful and are not interested in teaching their students how to think, but are more interested in teaching them what to think. The theories they teach are taught as fact, yet in 10 years those truths will be replaced by "new truths." Not that we can not benefit from those theories, but if we are not careful we can be sucked in to the idea that education comes by feeding the ego of our professors, rather than using our professors knowledge to surpass them.
I believe that it is our responsibility to question God. If we should question God then we should definitely question those who think they know more than God. The most important principle in education today seems to be to question everything including your beliefs. But I say the most important principle in education is to learn how to listen for the answers to your questions.
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