Is it true that the term "Ignorance" was first coined in the USA after Christian Proselytizers?
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Ignore ants. They don't eat much. But opps..there goes another rubber tree plant. Consult your Encarta...er..here I'll do it for you...sheesh!\n  \nig·no·rance [ ígnərənss ] noun  \n \nDefinition: \n  \n1. lack of knowledge: lack of knowledge or education\n\n \n2. unawareness: unawareness of something, often of something important\n  \nig·nore [ ig náwr ] (past and past participle ig·nored, present participle ig·nor·ing, 3rd person present singular ig·nores) \n\n\ntransitive verb  \n \nDefinition: \n  \nrefuse to notice somebody or something: to refuse to notice or pay attention to somebody or something\n\n \n[15th century. Directly or via French < Latin ignorare "not know, ignore" < (g)noscere "know"]  \nAs in :ignorance is bliss it is often better not to know about something unpleasant\n\nrant \n\ntransitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle rant·ed, present participle rant·ing, 3rd person present singular rants) \n \nDefinition: \n  \nspeak in loud exaggerated manner: to speak or say something in a very loud, aggressive, or bombastic way, usually at length and repetitively\n\nnoun  (plural rants) \n \nDefinition: \n  \nloud and threatening speech: a very loud, aggressive, or bombastic speech that is usually long and repetitive\n \n[Late 16th century. < Dutch ranten] \n\nrant·ern \nrant·ing   adjn \nrant·ing·ly  adv \n \n\n \nrant and rave to speak at length in an angry and agitated fashion\n \n \nSo now you know...Ignore is french (15th century) and Rant is Dutch (16th century).  \n\nNice play on words and crafty segue into insulting Christians. Ignore thier rants...LOL. Thats funny. \n\nLove in Christ, ~J~  <><
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because they are ignorant of the truth
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stupidity and ignorance.
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Unfortunately, a lot of people who claim to be Christians are pretty stupid.  A lot of them don't know what they believe, let alone why they should believe it.  This is, in part, a product of the culture in which we live.  The pluralism and relativism that dominate much of American thinking tend to preclude intelligence.  Despite the increasing focus on academic credentials in our society, it is still highly anti-intellectual.  Whatever lip service is given to critical thinking skills in schools, I've heard very little of it in the class room.  So... in essence, I would say that, because there are a lot of stupid people in the world and because Christians are people, there are a lot of stupid Christians.\n\n...or is this question sarcastic and you're just being a narrow-minded bigot who doesn't know a thing about Christianity?
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"Religion is all bunk."\n- Thomas Edison, American inventor (1847-1931).
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Ignorance is what comes to my mind.
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Ignorance, bigotry, hatred, and fear. \nHitler used this to his advantage from 1933 to 1945 by telling the Germans that their lives would be better without Jewish people, homosexuals, and gypsies. Evangelical Christians use ignorance, bigotry, hatred, and fear for their own advantage today by telling their followers that their lives would be better without the prevalence of homosexuality. The Bible also says not to shave, get a tattoo, eat pork or shellfish but the evangelicals know that ignorance, bigotry, hatred, and fear won't work for them in those cases.
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ignorance.ignorance.ignorance and anger and more ignorance.
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I think the messy business of the European colonization of the American Continents is pretty much common knowledge.  Who, exactly, are you trying to incite then?  Is it the millions of North & South Americans who now lead comfortable, modern lives, or the two or three other people -- like yourself -- stuck in 1492?  Besides, people are solid believers in something that was made 'by man', but they are also free to choose not to believe, or to not be 'solid' believers.  Let it go, no one appriciates the people like you who have mistaken this service as a soapbox (though your ranting does help make the rest of us feel better about ourselves, so thanks for that public service) ;)
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your joking right?\n\n\nslavery was quite common in the world in places that had no knowledge of the Bible\n\nJust look and Greek and Roman society. More than half were slaves and serfs and only a small minority were citizens.
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I'm just against the close minded ignorance that many religious people exhibit. Not the people themselves.
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ignorance and racism.
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Ignorance and arrogance.
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NO. America did not exist in Christ's time.
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Ignorance and stupidity
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This is why I am agnostic.  There were just too many unanswered questions for me.  And there was a lot of hypocracy, especially in my congregation.  What's the point of *saying* you believe something when you actually don't?
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Ignorance is the base of all hate. Many Americans are unwilling to learn about the culture of their neighbors, mainly becausse of our egocentrism. We (in general...) believe that America and the American way IS THE WAY so what is the point of educating ourselves about a culture or people that "don't matter"? This is called willed ignorance. An unwillingness to learn. And this ignorance leads to misunderstanding which leads to hate. The only thing one can do to stop this is to not hate...stop the cycle...eventually all the old bastards will die off. (ha).