Passing Through the Fire (addendum)

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There are many who will say we must discard wisdom. That  wisdom is worthless. That  faith is much more important. And they're right that faith is very important! Its the end game.

**however***

Faith based on nothing is also foolhardy and should not be called faith at all, but gullibility. We need to be wise -or we need to pass through wisdom- before we can have solid, unshakeable, almost instinctual faith. We need to be wise about wisdom and know how to gather information, when to discard information

"Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed." (Ecclesiates 8:1)

"The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; but the heart of the foolish is not stedfast." (Proverbs 15:7)

"Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa says, "Anyone whose fear of wrong doing precedes his wisdom will have enduring wisdom. Anyone, however, whose wisdom precedes his fear of wrongdoing will not have enduring wisdom."

He would say, "Anyone whose deeds exceed his wisdom, his wisdom will endure. Anyone whose wisdom exceeds his deeds, his wisdom will not endure."" (Talmud: Pirkei Avot, Chapt 3; Mishna 9)