If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet. -- Proverbs 29:9
I had no idea that Solomon had internet access or that he
watched MSNBC. Maybe they had better
ratings back then.
We don’t have discussions or debates these days. Instead we have snide remarks and attempts at
one-upmanship. No one wants to be
William Buckley. We have even lost the
taste for amusing bon mots in the
style of Oscar Wilde, substituting shock for humor and crudity for cleverness. Our vaunted Information Age and advanced
communications networks bring us Cracked.com (which, I confess, I do sometimes
read) and “The Daily Show”. People are
so confused that they believe the demographic makeup of situation comedies and
police dramas represent the real world.
Those who say that two and two make four, that the laws of
physics are not optional, or that there is no such thing as a free lunch are
looked upon with disdain. We are
regarded as uncompassionate, uninformed, anti-science luddites. Meanwhile the fools and false prophets are
feted for being famous and fawned upon in the gossamer new empires of the air. Stupidity, ignorance, perfidy, and
perniciousness are discounted as the masses cling to every word from the mouths
of courtesans, court jesters, and – uh, knaves.
The thing is that we don’t have to prove reality. The truth will prove itself. It is possible to avoid the consequences of
bad decisions for a while. Drunk drivers
don’t always crash or get arrested the first time they try to drive under the
influence. When you sow a seed, it takes
a while for the harvest to come in. In the interim, the fool laughs.
In the end, God laughs.
3 comments:
"In the end, God laughs."
Aye! That He does!
Somehow that is comforting unless He's laughing at us rather than with us.
Where "nails in the coffin" comes from. And Marley's chains.
Thanks, guys.
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