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I've heard a woman on a documentary saying something very interesting. "The height of arrogance is the height of control of those who created God in their own image" Implying that men (religions) created God in their own image to control others. And how much damage religion has caused. I think Religions are necessary to control certain people behaviors, through the fear of God. Otherwise it would be anarchy. But also Religions separate people, if you belong to one you are in conflict with all the others. How many wars because of disagreement of religion beliefs? It's amazing how advance we are in technology, and how far behind we are on religion beliefs. How is that possible? Religions should be allowing progress, just like technology does. If it weren’t like that we would probably still be riding horses. So many things that were design for old times do not apply for these times. Why does religions have to be so closed to new ideas?

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Socrates. This is Socrates quote although I’m not sure if this is the case here since it is phrased differently, although the meaning is alike. It sounds like a contradiction at first sight, but is it really? True it seems confusing but I always thought that this quote meant the following: Assuming knowledge is an infinite process to believe we already know whatever the subject in question might be, we would be closing our mind to that specific knowledge. Why do we need to learn it if we already know? That would actually keeps us away from knowledge and knowledge is what leads to wisdom. It could actually make sense “The recognition I do not know is the first step to attaining knowledge.” Recognizing what we don’t know allows us to find the information needed, the rest is a matter of time. In essence by recognizing what we do not know, we know. This might be what he was referring to, a tool for attaining knowledge instead of a contradiction. And perhaps intended to people that did not have the opportunity of an education. It is a fact that they feel inferior than the rest and as a defense mechanism they are ashamed to admit they do not know, not to feel foolish they will say “of course I know what this means!” when in reality a smart person will not hesitate to ask what it means, not to miss the opportunity of learning something new. I witness that every day, and after all it makes sense these quotes are meant to be for the less fortunate who need it most, if everybody were wise there would be no need for them. fede