Jack’s Winning Words 5/16/08
“The less you know, the more you believe.” (Bono) I made a mistake. Yesterday’s quote was from Yeats, not Bono, and shows the truth of today’s quote. These words can be applied to religion, politics, economics and personal relationships. That’s why faith is a very important word and concept for me. I don’t have to be “a know-it-all” about my religion, the political scene, or the people I’m in contact with. ;-) Jack

FROM J.L. IN MICHIGAN: Awesome quote! That's why I think we have to enter the Kingdom as little children. They don't know all about religions...they just believe. We are the ones to make "religion" what it is but God gives us the freedom to just believe...that's all that's required....just believe. Now that's perfect!

FROM MOLINER C.F.: You don't have to know it all, just more than the competition.

FROM B.G. IN MICHIGAN: You are entitled to one mistake a year; and now you have made it! Thanks for clarifying and for providing a nugget of wisdom from good ole’ Bono.

FROM R.I. IN BOSTON: Another aspect of that quote is "The less you know, the less you can be sure of"? Until we investigate, delve deeper, or look beyond what is before us, we prevent ourselves having a genuine basis for belief.

FROM G.G. IN INDY: That's why I like being around young children...there's nothing like a child's faith!

FROM PR J.S. IN MICHIGAN: I absolutely disagree with this quotation. How on earth can we make any correlation at all between the amount of one's knowledge and one's faith. Based on that Jesus must have known nothing. This is a garbage quote and only encourages ridiculous comments like the one below....that it is unimportant to be informed.

FROM DR J.H. IN B.G.: I like this one a lot....my research is in teachers' beliefs.. and I agree whole heartedly with this quote. My work shows just how important teacher beliefs are in determining how they will operate their classroom. And of all the different sorts of beliefs... the belief that "I THINK I CAN DO IT WELL" (efficacy) is most important. So even if they don't know it all... the belief that they can find a way to do it well is what often separates the great ones from the rest. And on a personal level... I too rely on my beliefs much more than my knowledge about the world

MORE FROM J.L. :The responses are very interesting....Knowledge is power...but faith is more powerful! I certainly don't believe we should "dumb down" America...and especially her children as that is extremely dangerous. We already see the consequences of that belief....much taxation without representatiion and the minority rules. Very dangerous consequences. We cannot put our belief in humankind as we will be doomed for failure. We are in an political turning point and I'm not sure it's in the right direction. Our belief in God must stand strong...perhaps stronger than ever!

MORE FROM C.F.: "An open mind is the key that opens doors"