Teaching and Learning VI

And now, friends, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

 - From Acts 3

"Ignorance." It has become a common word on Social Media. Here are some others"

• Fear
• Hate
• Fake
• Hypocrisy
• Privilege

And we need to stop. Just stop.

What is so terrible about admitting that we're ignorant? Not the other person: You, or me. Why is it always the other person that is ignorant? Why does the other person act from fear?

We're so desperate to be in some advantage over other people: To have more power, more prestige, more privilege, more beauty, more money, more intelligence. 

More logic.

Just stop.

If Jesus was the Son of God, and if He really did come back from the dead, then there really is no other way to describe his murderers:

"Ignorant."

But Peter didn't call them ignorant as an insult. Ignorance is not the same as stupidity. Ignorance and ignore come from the same root. An ignorant person, isn't dumb . . . they have just chosen not to notice. They have other concerns or priorities. 

Peter said "My friends - - - it's only because you were ignorant."

They didn't know what they were doing, and how could they?

So don't take the accusation of ignorance so personally. In the first place, we might as well admit that we all are ignorant. How can we have perfect knowledge?

And secondly, we don't know any better, and neither do those others. 

And before we go around noticing everybody else's ignorance . . . how about start by realizing we've got our problem in that area?