• Ghazanfar Arif
    4
    Hi gays,

    I want to know about the following statements/pharases which one is correct to you and why


    Wonder is the beginning of knowledge.

    Skepticism is the beginning of knowledge.

    The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.

    is there any interactions between them or it is your personnel experience three or correct.
  • Noble Dust
    7.9k
    Right answers on tests are the bane of knowledge.
  • wellwisher
    163
    Fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Wisdom is higher than knowledge. Wisdom is where you learn to apply your knowledge, allowing one to extrapolate knowledge to new area, where knowledge starts to break down. It is one thing to learn how to hold and swing a hammer properly, and another thing to use it to frame a house for the first time.

    Fear is a greatest motivator, since it brings the possibility of death or injury. The need to avoid this unhappy ending, requires the ability to anticipate and react properly. When all is well, people are content not to change anything or learn anything new. If it is not broken, don't fix it. But if there is a problem where the old is not working and fear starts to kick in, then new adaptation begins, which starts with learning new knowledge, and then learning to apply it as wisdom.

    Fear of God, in the old sense, was connected to God thought as being in control of everything. This meant one could not rest on laurels, but had to be concerned that anything could break. The fear kept one in a state of adaptation, until one developed an instinct called wisdom.
  • Ghazanfar Arif
    4
    wellwisher

    I asked about knowledge.
  • TheMadFool
    13.8k
    Fear of God is the beginning of wisdomwellwisher

    Bad worse worst

    Blind deaf mute
  • Stan
    19
    Who’s to say only one can be correct? I’d say the first two are correct, roughly speaking. The third is religious mambo jumbo.
  • Stan
    19
    Are you addressing gays or guys? :P
  • Ghazanfar Arif
    4
    Ohh sorry Stan . It was typing mistake.
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