Stupidity Is the Problem

 

If wisdom is good for God and is God's favorite tool in creation, why do we resist it so?

Why would we ever prefer shallow, voluntary stupidity?

''The LORD by wisdom founded the earth;
by understanding he established the heavens;
by his knowledge the deeps broke open,
and the clouds drop down the dew.''
(Proverbs 3:19-20 ESV)

According to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, stupidity is "a more dangerous enemy of the good than evil"

"Neither protest nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved. ... "the stupid person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil"

"Stupidity can easily be proved the supreme Social Evil. Three factors combine to establish it as such. First and foremost, the number of stupid people is legion. Secondly, most of the power in business, finance, diplomacy and politics is in the hands of more or less stupid individuals. Finally, high abilities are often linked with serious stupidity." - Walter B. Pitkin , History of Stupidity

We can choose to dig deeper, ask better questions, think more clearly, examine more closely, and more profoundly value wisdom and truth.

In that, there is greater joy.

''There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!”
You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and wine abound.''
(Psalm 4:6-7 ESV)''

Picture - By Heinrich Vogtherr the Younger https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14570879