Iron Mountain ski jump

Iron Mountain ski jump

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

UNDEVELOPED BRAINS

CHRIST IN WINTER: Reflections on Faith for the Years of Winter… ©

It is important for teen-agers to understand that the decision-making part of their brains is not yet fully developed, so they should be very careful in making decisions. The problem is, because those brains are not adequately developed, they don’t know that they are not.

It is important for old people to understand that the great-wisdom part of their brains is not yet fully developed, so they should be very careful in claiming great wisdom. The problem is…

It is important for politicians to understand that public office is for the public good, but they are too stupid to…

So, I hope German theologian and WWII martyr for the good, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, was right, when he said, “There are things more important than self-knowledge.”

John Robert McFarland
johnrobertmcfarland@gmail.com

I tweet as yooper1721.

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