If someone asked you what your spouse's name is, then "I don't know" isn't going to get you many points. :)
Sure, but I do know the answer to that. There are many, many things I don't know the answers to, and if I try to make sure I have them all, just in case a kid asks me the answers, my brain will explode.
In the theological realm, I would want to emphasize to a child that curiosity and wonder are absolutely a part of the discipline, and I'd be concerned that not having some ready thoughts after a lifetime of investigation into the Big Questions doesn't communicate that well.
I never said anything about not having some ready thoughts. I said I think it's good to admit that you don't know if you don't know, even if what you don't know is what you think about something.
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Date: 2009-03-24 03:09 am (UTC)Sure, but I do know the answer to that. There are many, many things I don't know the answers to, and if I try to make sure I have them all, just in case a kid asks me the answers, my brain will explode.
In the theological realm, I would want to emphasize to a child that curiosity and wonder are absolutely a part of the discipline, and I'd be concerned that not having some ready thoughts after a lifetime of investigation into the Big Questions doesn't communicate that well.
I never said anything about not having some ready thoughts. I said I think it's good to admit that you don't know if you don't know, even if what you don't know is what you think about something.