What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

How many times have you heard the phrase, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you”? Well, that statement—like many others repeated in our Black culture—is simply not true. A similar phrase, “Ignorance is bliss”, is also misleading. In reality, what we don’t know can and often does hurt us. It has puzzled me for years why these sayings have been passed down through generations, especially in a culture that has more churches per capita than any other community. My Bible reminds me, “For lack of knowledge, my people perish.” How about yours?

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• October 1, 2025