Sunday, May 22, 2022

Foolishness

"Evil things come from within and defile the person"
7 (8) deadly sinsDefiling evils
PridePride
GreedGreed, thefts
Wrathmurders
Envyenvy
Lustsexual immorality, adultery, indecent behavior
Gluttony
Sloth
Acedia
(bearing false witness)deceit
evil thoughts
slander
wickedness
foolishness

I think games have a place in our lives--they do in children's--though I know some great people disagree. I figure that Jesus was talking about deliberately choosing foolishness when wisdom is called for.

"Defiling" isn't the first thing I'd have thought of in connection with foolishness. It makes you less than you ought to be, and opens the door for all kinds of other sins and disasters. Jesus says it makes you unclean by itself. Most of the other "evil things" are about relations with other people, but evil thoughts and foolishness can be solo activities.

Have I done some foolish things today? In the broad sense, yes--wasting time with trivia. Doing deliberately stupid things--maybe not so much. How broad did Jesus mean the word to be?

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