If a person doesn't know about their Church, its mission, its vision for the world, other people become hurt by hearsay and half-truths. This is why the role of the laity is so important to the Church. None of us would want our nurse or doctor to be ignorant of important information concerning our health and pass that ignorance on to us. So too, as believers we can allow ignorance to get in the way of a genuinely healthy faith life. Just as a person can get mentally and emotionally addicted to drugs, we can also become addicted to our own half-truths and false ideologies.
Truth still remains the best antidote for ignorance.
Christ is that healing Truth, that simple Way, that gentle Life, that brings us beyond all our addictions. Yes I am frequently amused at how little we know, but what amazes me is the number of people I meet who want to know. To know more about their faith, their Church, their world. We often get responses from participants who are surprised to find out what the Church actually teaches. For many people they have begun to rediscover.