Knowledge is acquiring information.
Wisdom is knowing what to do with it.
Ignorant means not knowing. Stupid means you know better, but you do it anyway.
The root of "educate" is literally to "lead out" of ignorance. Many people have a diploma -- a piece of paper certifying that the holder spent time in an institution of learning -- yet they remain ignorant, in that they know little or nothing about many things.
Being aware of what you don't know is a good thing, because you can actively seek out and expand your knowledge. Acting on small knowledge or deliberately ignoring important information is stupid.
There is no sin in ignorance, in that there is no fault in not knowing or being unaware. But acting stupidly can be dangerous, and deliberately remaining ignorant, refusing to accept evidence and information that might be different from preconceived notions of what "should" be true is extreme stupidity.
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