WFF: Has Knowledge Increased?

I have to laugh, first because this is the second time recently I am late for Word for Wednesday, second because this is also the second Word for Wednesday recently inspired by someone else’s Word for Wednesday. I had just read Freaky Frugalite’s, so you had better check that out before you read my ramble here.

My response to the video:

Gee, with this huge increase of knowledge, we must certainly have evolved a great deal; way better than those people back then! Right?

How come then, we haven’t been able to diminish the death rate? We have got so much medical knowledge; people should be healthier, then, and sickness and vitamin deficiency less common, right? And to top it off, we have gained so much knowledge, we would take better care of mother earth, then, right?

Gee.

And with the English language having expanded so much, really, why is that if half the population can’t spell those words corectly? (oops!)
How come now people can tell us what our problems are (e.g., “ADD”) but they cannot tell us how to fix them?
How come eighteen-year-olds today don’t know more than 10 year-olds a hundred years ago? (Think that’s false? See how many questions an 18-year-old will answer with “I don’t know.”)
And how come search engines designed to answer questions still can’t answer so many of them, like “What is the purpose of life?” or “Where will I go when I die?” or “Why did I never learn anything in school?” or even “Why do I have so many unanswered questions?”

Oh, and with all this increased knowledge, people should have learned better than to download music illegally, right?

Truth is, man is just as lost today as he was 2,000 years ago. Even today, with so much increased knowledge (actually, I think the correct term is information), people have so many pre-conceived ideas about God, about when His Son will return, that it is doubtful many will recognize Him when He comes! People now put God in this soft and squishy costume that they may not recognize the one with eyes like a flame of fire! Knowledge is increased, sure. But still, man has no solutions to console the honest conscience that asks, “How do I live forever?” People take so much pride in how knowledge has increased, that they think they must have the answers to everything, right? Though you can gain the whole world, you will lose your soul if you do not look to Him whose message is foolishness in our standards.

It’s like Rebecca at Freaky Frugalite pointed out in the book of Daniel, this is a sure sign of the last days!

“Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; and again, “The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” Therefore let no one boast in men.” (1 Corinthians 3:18-21)

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written:
“ I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” (1 Corinthians 1:18-25)

You’ve probably already read those Word for Wednesdays that were posted on time, but if you haven’t, visit Yeah Right…

March 29th UPDATE: Basically the point is this: A billion gazillion text messages sent a day? The same number of google searches? A hugely expanded vocabulary? Okay; what does that number of text messages and google searches say about knowledge? Nothing, really. This is just the transfer of information. And why is it that our daily speech is not only limited to fewer words than there were (regardless of the fact that more words exist) 500 years ago, and people can’t spell them right or speak properly?

It is true, as I said before, that knowledge has increased. This is undeniable; for example, our knowledge of what nutrients our body needs has increased greatly due to scientific research. However, are the people today overall healthier than they were years ago? NO! People have the available INFORMATION to find out this stuff, but they do not apply it. “We know how to keep ourselves healthy!” Okay, why aren’t we more healthy? Is the only reason we think we are because we do not have the SAME ailments as folks did 500 years ago? So many diseases (e.g., cancer) are caused by bad diet, when they can so easily be prevented. Why do the same stores that sell us nutrition books bombard us with ads for soda, chips, cookies, and other processed garbage?

Even though we have much more information available to us now, we do not have any more answers–sadly, maybe fewer–than we used to, regarding THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST. Man has still not found a way to make himself live forever, to return to the original glory an communication with the Creator that he had! The basic message of that video seemed to me to say, “Aren’t we so much smarter now? Haven’t we really evolved, like, SO much in just 500 years?” (Haha. Text messages. You have got to be kidding me.) So this is my response (rant). It is just like the angel told Daniel, that knowledge has increased, and man has puffed himself up, but for nothing. Man has ZERO ZILCH and NADA to boast in; just as much as he did 2,000 years ago! Man STILL needs Christ! And He is coming, soon.

So in response to the video, I have basically just been thinking outside of the box, looking at things at an angle the world is careful not to cover, and examining the information they are careful not to share. Otherwise, you might look at the number of text messages sent each day and think, “Wow.” But increased transfer of information does not make smarter people. Most people can’t speak a second language in America; but 100 years ago, most could! Even those who could not write! They don’t tell you THAT on TV.

OKAY, I WILL SHUT UP. I BELIEVE I HAVE SAID ENOUGH. “SOMEBODY GET THE OTHER ALICE IN BED, SHE IS DRIVING US NUTS!!!!”