What Do We Know?

I was listening to an audio book this morning dealing with the Afghanistan war.  There was a striking point that the author made.  He was talking about what it was like watching the news while he and his fellow soldiers were stationed overseas and hearing a bunch of news people vehemently argue the different points of the war.  He then stated how none of them really knew what they were talking about.  Sure they may have done some research but they hadn’t BEEN there.

How much do we look at life like this?  We are so quick to shout out our opinion (I admit I’ve done it many times), when we haven’t even experienced whatever we are shouting about.  We point the fingers at things we assume are wrong, but we’ve never been through it, seen it, or walked with someone who’s been through it.

We think we have it all figured out, when in reality we don’t have a clue.

For instance what if I was describing what the ocean was like, and was talking about what it was like on my recent visit to it.  Now suppose someone butted in and started telling me I was wrong about the ocean, because he had read some books on it, and watched some youtube videos about oceans, though he had never been there. It would  be frustrating right?

It really made me stop and think about what things I am for and or against, and how much more I really need to understand before I just jump out there and shout out my opinion on some things.