What's wrong with 'I don't know'?

Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom      (Photo by Jedi94)

It is said that Disney employees must have an answer for everything.  If asked a question by a guest, fabricated answers are preferable to a simple “I don’t know.”

Unfortunately, Disney is not alone in this regard.  Humans seem adverse to admitting

ignorance.  When asked directions, they make up a series of twists and turns rather defer to a GPS.  When asked who and what God exactly is, they feign total knowledge rather than embrace elements of mystery.

St. Augustine, however, did not shun such conundrums.  When asked by a boy on the beach to fully describe God, the saint allegedly replied, “Bring me the ocean in your pail.”  The boy exclaimed, “But the ocean won’t fit in my pail!”  “And God won’t fit in your head, either,” Augustine declared.

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