The problem is that you do need to know the basics of bookkeeping to learn accounting.
And seriously, learning bookkeeping takes maybe one or two weekend and you will use what you've learned the rest of you business and professional life.
If you can't commit at most two weekend of your life to something as important as the basic building blocks of finance and accounting, then you probably shouldn't consider running your own business.
And yes, bookkeepers and accountants will cheat you. The stories are numerous. And the marks are always executives and entrepreneurs who never bothered to learn bookkeeping and accounting.
Finally, basic bookkeeping knowledge (as expressed in this tutorital) is crucial for making informed evaluations of accounting software (which is honestly going to do most of the actual 'bookkeeping' for you).