Comments on: Have Courage to Say “I Don’t Know” http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/07/29/have-courage-to-say-%e2%80%9ci-don%e2%80%99t-know%e2%80%9d/ Where our past is never very long ago Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:21:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Y. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/07/29/have-courage-to-say-%e2%80%9ci-don%e2%80%99t-know%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-24627 David Y. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:26:21 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=7444#comment-24627 This is wonderful. Thanks for posting it. And I like that, kevinf: a question mark as motivation to keep searching. This is wonderful. Thanks for posting it.

And I like that, kevinf: a question mark as motivation to keep searching.

]]> By: kevinf http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/07/29/have-courage-to-say-%e2%80%9ci-don%e2%80%99t-know%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-24618 kevinf Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:31:52 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=7444#comment-24618 I'm currently reading Madsen's bio of BH Roberts, <em>Defender of the Faith</em>. As contemporaries and friends, I think both Roberts and Smith were not afraid to say "I don't know". For Roberts, though, that appeared to be the starting point for further inquiry, diving deep into those murky waters in a tireless effort to find that footing. That's not to say anything pejorative towards Joseph F. Smith, but he didn't seem to have the same questing spirit and intellectual curiosity as Roberts. I admire the idea of simple faith, and have seen many examples of it in people I come in contact with, but for some of us, "I don't know" does seem to be the catalyst for further inquiry. I do appreciate the highlighted statement in the second paragraph. Thanks for posting this. I’m currently reading Madsen’s bio of BH Roberts, Defender of the Faith. As contemporaries and friends, I think both Roberts and Smith were not afraid to say “I don’t know”. For Roberts, though, that appeared to be the starting point for further inquiry, diving deep into those murky waters in a tireless effort to find that footing. That’s not to say anything pejorative towards Joseph F. Smith, but he didn’t seem to have the same questing spirit and intellectual curiosity as Roberts.

I admire the idea of simple faith, and have seen many examples of it in people I come in contact with, but for some of us, “I don’t know” does seem to be the catalyst for further inquiry. I do appreciate the highlighted statement in the second paragraph.

Thanks for posting this.

]]> By: Amy http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/07/29/have-courage-to-say-%e2%80%9ci-don%e2%80%99t-know%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-24617 Amy Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:13:21 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=7444#comment-24617 I like this idea. Thanks for posting. I like this idea. Thanks for posting.

]]> By: WVS http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/07/29/have-courage-to-say-%e2%80%9ci-don%e2%80%99t-know%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-24616 WVS Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:49:12 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=7444#comment-24616 A nice representation of JFS's direction. In this he was an innovator, ironically. A sign of the Talmage era. Good selection. A nice representation of JFS’s direction. In this he was an innovator, ironically. A sign of the Talmage era. Good selection.

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