The commandment to gain knowledge of all kinds from all sources is a serious affair. What has been discovered by scientific investigation should be part of our learning.
The commandment was not to gain knowledge but to gain wisdom. The command was not to gain all kinds of knowledge from all sources but to gain wisdom through the process of reading the “best books,” which, as we have seen, are books containing the word and counsel of God, for all others are foolishness before him. Those are the best sources.
However, to learn of man is good—if what he learns consists of real and absolute truth. However, if we trace the history of all the sciences, we find that scientific knowledge is ethereal—a windy gust of air, strong at first but gone at last.
