{"id":16986,"date":"2013-08-23T09:22:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T13:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=16986"},"modified":"2013-08-23T09:22:16","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T13:22:16","slug":"a-skeptics-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/08\/a-skeptics-wisdom.html","title":{"rendered":"A Skeptic’s Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The consistently thought-provoking Sabio Lantz posted this image on his blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I could respond with a Venn diagram of my own, one that depicts the intersection of liking the image and feeling I\u2019ve understood it. I am not sure that I truly am in the overlap of the two. I instinctively like it. But what does it mean? Is the point that wisdom involves exploring the limits of knowledge and the limits of doubt, and balancing and clinging to both? Or is it something else?<\/p>\n

Perhaps others with greater wisdom than I will have thoughts about this\u2026but since talking about wisdom is always a wise course of action, hopefully my sharing it will show wisdom, even if my uncertainty as to whether I have correctly understood Sabio\u2019s point does not.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The consistently thought-provoking Sabio Lantz posted this image on his blog: I could respond with a Venn diagram of my own, one that depicts the intersection of liking the image and feeling I\u2019ve understood it. I am not sure that I truly am in the overlap of the two. I instinctively like it. 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