# God was born from ignorance and knowledge will be the death of him.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 16, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-was-born-from-ignorance-and-knowledge-will-be-the-death-of-him/666417 "2013-08-16T15:29:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-was-born-from-ignorance-and-knowledge-will-be-the-death-of-him/666417/1 "2013-08-16T15:29:37Z")

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Is that a quote from somebody? Because that pithy phrase sure is stuck in my head. I have no idea where I got it from though.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-was-born-from-ignorance-and-knowledge-will-be-the-death-of-him/666417/2 "2013-08-16T17:09:45Z")

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probably not it, but:

“Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”

William Shakespeare

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-was-born-from-ignorance-and-knowledge-will-be-the-death-of-him/666417/3 "2013-08-16T17:11:28Z")

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Shakespeare?

“Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.”

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-was-born-from-ignorance-and-knowledge-will-be-the-death-of-him/666417/4 "2013-08-16T17:12:29Z")

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Or what **Revtim** said.

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-was-born-from-ignorance-and-knowledge-will-be-the-death-of-him/666417/5 "2013-08-16T18:32:18Z")

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“God was born from ignorance and knowledge will be the death of him” seems like a prediction of Friedrich Nietzsche’s pronouncement of His death from (ISTR) overscrutiny/knowledge.

Could be wrong though. Usually am.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-was-born-from-ignorance-and-knowledge-will-be-the-death-of-him/666417/6 "2013-08-17T20:07:33Z")

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If the quote is true, he’s gonna have a long and healthy life. :rolleyes: