Ignorance and fear

A few day's ago in health class, a fellow student asked me "Nolan, why do you like to read." Being absorbed in my book I simply responded, "I enjoy it." Looking back on it now, I should have responded with "Why do you consent to live in ignorance and fear?" 

Ignorance is the state in which a person lacks knowledge, sophistication or intelligence. I do not really see how any one can knowingly be ignorant and not want to do something about it. However, it is something I see everyday. People just do not seem to care, and it is not something new. I see plenty of adults who have lived their whole lives in ignorance. Still, I wonder is that any way to live? It is clear that we have different goals and thought processes. 

Do people fear knowledge? Well I would hope not. What I see is that people fear being different, and they fear working for something. They prefer to take the easy way out. They choose to subject their selves to fear of God, fear of change and fear of truth. I do not get it, and perhaps I never will. 

Knowledge is our strongest strong point, and our weakest weak point, because with knowledge comes ignorance. We were given the power to think, it would be a shame not to use it. Promote thought, promote change.