I copied the
following entry from a Google search I did yesterday, Oct. 26, 2019:
What day do the clocks
go back 2019?
Daylight saving time
ends on Sunday October 27 in 2019, which means that clocks
are going back this weekend. The time changes at 2am Greenwich Mean
Time October 27, meaning that 2am will then become 1am GMT
instead – and yes, it also means that on Sunday morning you can hopefully
enjoy an extra hour of sleep.1
day ago"
What is
wrong with this information?
What is
wrong with me? It is that I believed it
without confirming it; moreover it is wrong that I did not give heed to my
feeling that it did not sound right when I read it but that I went ahead anyway
and changed all my clocks and ended up going to Church at the wrong time and
missed a good chunk of my meeting. It is
wrong because I looked at the first source that came up on my computer (www.livescience.com) and the url sounded plausible so I went ahead and used it.
What is the other side of the coin?
It is to not automatically dismiss, out-of-hand, new information that is presented to you if it comes from a source that you already have some experience with and that you trust. If the information received from this source has proven creditable in the past, and if it may be of some value to you if you pursue it further, and if that evidence supports the new information, it may prove to be of great value to you.
Too many people reject new information or ignorantly assume that if they didn't already believe it, it must not be true. Many people thus miss out on what could be a great boon to them because of their prejudice.
In support of this, I draw your attention to a verse from the Bible (naturally, as is my custom) that reads, "prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it" (Malachi 3:10). A further verse regarding discernment reads, ". . . by their fruits ye shall know them" (Matthew 7:20).
In support of this, I draw your attention to a verse from the Bible (naturally, as is my custom) that reads, "prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it" (Malachi 3:10). A further verse regarding discernment reads, ". . . by their fruits ye shall know them" (Matthew 7:20).
Since some of my readers, I am sure, do not believe (yet) the tenets of Christianity I end by submitting an ancient secular caution to those who do not take the time or effort to find out the truth of a matter: "Ignorance of one's own ignorance is the malady of the ignorant" (M. de Montaigne).
Before accepting or rejecting sources, check into them; ignorance of our own ignorance keeps us from doing this.
Before accepting or rejecting sources, check into them; ignorance of our own ignorance keeps us from doing this.
