When Albert Knox says: "It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world." I think he is saying that as people get older they stop seeing new things unlike a child who is constantly in confusion or even shock about seeing a new object or act by another person. For example if for the first time you saw a bottle of whiskey you would think it was apple juice (depending on the kind of drink) however when you go up and smell it you are filled with questions such as “What is this?” “Has this gone off?” “Am I allowed to drink it?” “What does it taste like?” then say you see a drunkard only a few feet away looking around for something you ask yourself “What is he looking for so eagerly?” “Why is he falling over?” as a child you would not know that he is looking for his bottle of whiskey which you have so conveniently found, you would stand there and stare at both the bottle and the man throwing rubbish around looking for his ‘special item’, however if you were an adult you would simply see him as a drunk and would just avoid him. This shows that the child was ‘WONDERING’ what was going on but the adult had ‘LOST’ the ability to wonder what was going on.
Even though this quote is quiet convincing I only agree with it to a small extent which is that we only lose the ability to not find things that we see everyday so special and as interesting as when we first saw them, this may be because of my own personality where I find quiet a lot of things interesting and I like to wonder about the world but I always come to the same conclusion which is that God created the world and the people who live on it – this is only because I am a religious person and that is my belief. But I also like to wonder what happens after I die and what happened when I wasn’t born the one main question which are often put into my mind are “does time just stop?” even though I am religious I still find it hard to believe in heaven and hell and if they are real where will I go?
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I also agree with you. People do not really lose their ability to wonder. We just know so much more as we grow up that there is no 'need' to wonder as much as we did when we were children.
Like how you used the example of whiskey and drunkard too, adds a slight humourous touch to your blog.
It is good to wonder as a religious person as well, as the belief in God will always spark up many common questions, that people tend to ignore as they grow up (possibly a sign that they ARE actually losing their ability to wonder), unless you're an extremist who believes that everything he/she believes in is the absolute truth.
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