Argument

When you are in quarrel with others, and when you are harshly criticizing others for not knowing what they are talking about or forming a concrete judgement in the absence of enough information necessary to form a rational judgment, you might at that moment feel justified to react intensely to the irrationality of others by pointing out to him that he is making a shallow judgement on things that are more complicated. But you will soon be put in the same position as your opponent, as you are faced with much clever person who is way more knowledgeable about the area than you are. As you are challenged by that person, harshly criticized for not knowing enough, you will regret that you were doing the same thing to your opponent prior to encountering this person of wisdom and knowledge who is intellectually superior.

There is always someone who is better than me who knows more about the topic, and even for him, the knowledge he has is always inadequate and imperfect that he feels his judgement is irrational. So, why can an average person with normal intellect such as myself criticize the irrationality of someone inferior? Am i justified in criticizing others for their inadequacy when my knowledge is negligibly small compared to those who know better about the subject than i do.

Jesus said: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

This statement seems to suggest that we should be sympathetic to someone’s ignorance rather than being harshly criticizing.

We must cultivate the heart of care and encourage them to learn together instead of dismissing them as idiots.

The true knowledge indeed comes from teaching not from criticizing.