Knowing everything except what's important

I was watching the pilot of John Doe the other day.  I was struck by what he said, "I know everything - except what's important."

He had been standing at the reference desk of a library in Seattle answering question from the crowd.  What's the tallest mountain."  John Doe answers, "Mauna Kea" and the questioner corrects him saying, "No, it's Mount Everest."  John then points out that Mauna Kea begins under the ocean and when counting from the ocean floor, it is 10,000 meters compared to 8848 meters for Mount Everest."


The questions roll on until someone finally asks, "When will I die?" and John has to answer "I don't know."


You see, John knows everything - except the important things like who he is?  John has amnesia.  John has no idea who he is or where he comes from.


He knows he's smart - but he doesn't know why.  He can recite the binary code for MS-DOS operating system but he doesn't know if he likes hotdogs.


John Doe is the archetype of the modern man and woman living in America.  They know so much.  And what they don't know - they can google.  


But - they don't know who they are, why they exist, or where they are going.


In the show, John is searching desperately for answers.


We have the answers in the church.  We just have to share them.


Pastor John