bible and theology on Stupidity

Jesus doesn’t just use the shepherd metaphor when he refers to himself as the door. Over and over in the Bible, we are compared to sheep. Some people think it’s heartwarming. But I hate to tell you, i...

Lord of families, tribes, peoples, nations and all the world: it’s for freedom You’ve set us free from sin, guilt, and judgment; free to do what is right and just, what is compassionate, gracious and ...

Do you remember the first time someone explained to you the concept of “Good Friday?” I remember my own mother explaining how it was possible that Jesus’ death was “good,” not because torture and suff...

If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel’s heartbeat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of sil...

Foolishness is more than being stupid, that deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance.

Fools are without number.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!

There is nothing more foolish than an act of wickedness; there is no wisdom equal to that of obeying God.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

Only a fool thinks he can fool God.

It is because of our foolishness that we forget who God is.

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

We get into captivity because of our foolishness and we are more foolish that we want to admit.

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. Quoted in

He who believes his doctrine to be perfectly right and true has only to lift his hands and touch his ears and discover they are the long furry ears of a donkey.

Ignorance is the mother not of devotion but of heresy.

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

None is a fool always, everyone sometimes.

Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.

The foolishness of the cross is the wisdom of God and the wisdom of God is powerful in its impact.

Better to be thought a fool—than to open your mouth and prove it.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

O human creature, you are the investigator without knowledge, the magistrate without jurisdiction, and all in all, the fool of the farce.

And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.

Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.

Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is nothing else but this.

Have you heard the acronym “K. I. S. S”? It stands for “Keep It Simple, Stupid.” Paul doesn’t exactly call the Corinthians stupid (in 1 Cor. 15), though elsewhere Paul sounds tempted to do so, when ...

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.