A Form of Shallowness

“Imagine a competent physician, a general practitioner, well trained in medicine. He does well in his practice, but occasionally he comes up against a patient who knows very little about medicine, but knows an enormous amount about the particular ailment that troubles him. In other words, before coming to see the doctor, the patient has read everything available on the Internet about the kind of rash he has on his left elbow. Initially, at any rate, the doctor is at a disadvantage. The doctor’s knowledge os both broad and deep, but he is up against someone who has managed to turn extraordinary depth into a form of shallowness” (Sola Scriptura, Creeds, and Ecclesiastical Authority, in When Shall These Things Be? p. 255).