Measure twice, cut once. The more consequential an action, the more carefully it needs to be thought out.
Wise people know it is never a waste of time to ensure accuracy.
In regard to God, we sometimes are shockingly careless. The average person has rejected religion on the basis of hastily made assumptions from inadequate information, not a serious consideration of the genuine article. Many have never taken the time to try to investigate the stereotypes, caricatures, and prejudicial slogans that turn people against religion. Often, modern people do not even have the curiosity of the Athenian philosophers to hear the case for Christianity - Ac. Perhaps we are more like those in Athens who hurriedly mocked than those who wanted to hear more before making up their minds - v.32.