2006-11-21 05:45:42 · 14 answers · asked by Pablito 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know what it is to go skydiving. Jump out of a plane and open a parachute.
I do not understand what it is like to skydive because I have never done it or anything like it.
Knowing is having textbook information.
Understanding is being able to use that information in your life.
Many people know what is written in the bible.
Very few people understand what is written in the bible.
2006-11-21 06:07:28 · answer #1 · answered by thewolfskoll 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I know that rockets are propelled way up into the sky, I however have very little if any understanding of how they accomplish this feat.
I know that my creator is coming back for me one day, I do not understand all involved in the accomplishment of this promise.
But I believe both, without full understanding. I do strive to know more about my creator and his will for me, I however, have very little interest in understanding rocket science.
2006-11-21 06:01:10 · answer #2 · answered by cindy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people know that it is raining out because they just came in from the rain and they are all wet. Those who understand that it may have been raiing but it may have stopped after they entered their home.
2006-11-21 05:48:25 · answer #3 · answered by Shayna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know gravity exists, but I don't know how it works. But I don't need to understand exactly how it works to know that I am subject to it's laws, and the consequences for ignoring those laws.
"1000 difficulties do not make a doubt" - John Cardinal Neuman
2006-11-21 05:49:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know cars run on gas but I dont know exactly how that works. I know there are stars in the sky but I dont understand everything about them. It's pretty simple.
2006-11-21 05:52:15 · answer #5 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that television works - I have no clue how. I know that if I eat equal amounts of lettuce or chocolate that the lettuce will not affect my weight, but the chocolate will - I still find it difficult to understand how that works.
2006-11-21 06:55:20 · answer #6 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well take into account... you know 2+2 is 4. but do you know why? you can know, 2x + 3y = 12, but how come? yes theres quite a difference between knowing and understanding. u can memorize it, and know it, but do you understand what your memorizing.
2006-11-21 05:47:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you turn on your TV, you KNOW what's going to happen. Understanding HOW it happens is something else entirely.
2006-11-21 05:49:02 · answer #8 · answered by bizou_bear 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
For example. You know that it takes gasoline to operate your car, but do you know HOW the gasoline makes your motor operate? You know it but don't understand it.
2006-11-21 05:50:15 · answer #9 · answered by SCARLETT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always enjoyed this story.
While walking along a person came across two metal rails. (Knowledge)
He discerned that they are railroad tracks.
He understood trains travel on railroad tracks.
Wisdom told him "Get of tracks stupid before you get run over."
2006-11-21 05:51:04 · answer #10 · answered by TeeM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋