{"id":40859,"date":"2014-01-23T14:46:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T21:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/23\/ignorance-is-strength.html"},"modified":"2014-01-23T14:46:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T21:46:17","slug":"ignorance-is-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/23\/ignorance-is-strength.html","title":{"rendered":"Ignorance Is Strength!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">If you explain things to kids, you see, then they don&#39;t learn to Simply Obey Parents Because God Says So (and to Simply Obey God, Too). \u00a0So don&#39;t explain, command. Then, when they&#39;re adults, they won&#39;t understand the reasons for rules they are given (by governments, preachers, etc.), just that They Must Obey Them. Yay!\ufeff<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/WP3KldVpAhyD3j-eXTCPVT5_BhTo-dK4upTacUiAPeafYjshXaUdkGBNyhf2KQ=w120-h120' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2014\/01\/23\/kirk-cameron-promotes-great-article-encouraging-parents-to-never-ever-explain-anything-to-their-children'>Kirk Cameron Promotes \u2018Great Article\u2019 Encouraging Parents To Never Ever Explain Anything to Their Children<\/a><\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'><span class='gpb-reshare'><br \/>This post has been reshared 1 times on <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/R4kz8jiFN6C' target='_new'>Google+<\/a><br \/><\/span> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/R4kz8jiFN6C' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you explain things to kids, you see, then they don&#39;t learn to Simply Obey Parents Because God Says So (and to Simply Obey God, Too). \u00a0So don&#39;t explain, command. Then, when they&#39;re adults, they won&#39;t understand the reasons for rules they are given (by governments, preachers, etc.), just that They Must Obey Them. 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