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    • Your article is write/right on. Formal knowledge is formal knowledge. Biblical Knowledge is Biblical knowledge. Too much formal knowledge can sometimes make us arrogant. Biblical knowledge was designed to make us wiser. Something that was never tackled as an issue, but is and should be an inclusionary part of this article, is that of EXPERIENCE. There are experiences that come about because of things that have been learned, and there are inherent experiences (experiences that JESUS has naturally placed in our lives). The inherent act and experience of breastfeeding belongs to a woman and a woman only. However, the major point that I believe you are trying to make, hits home. Not everything can be learned from a secular book.

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  1. Truth! I realise that it has no meaning to me when I go through a rough patch and someone only says " I will pray for you" or "the bible says" but I get encouragement and strength when someone says "I once got into a situation like this and I saw God's hand when He did this or that" To know that the God I trust has been trustworthy in the time of troubles of other people means He will come through for me too.

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  2. So true William, you hit the nail on the head, Jesus first showed people he cared about them then he shared the truth. Even then he mostly spoke in parables because it was easier to remember.

    Even after we have shown people the love of Jesus we need to remember that people learn best in different ways, some are verbal, others visual, others manual. Myself I love to read and would rather read than listen to a sermon or a testimony, so bring on the books!

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  3. But the extreme is dangerous also. Book knowledge could be a valuable starting point with absolutely no experience. There is no man who will then be able to comment on breastfeeding. Maybe the issue was technique as opposed to not having experience.

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      • Right Joseph. We don't want to be ignorant or arrogant. As we studied in Proverbs earlier this year, wisdom and humility are beautiful together. Arrogance and stupidity not so much.

        Thank you all for your thoughtful comments.

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