Should Fools Be Suffered Lightly?

Question

And if they should be suffered at all then why?

Poca- a fool is someone you consider to be such. I wouldn't define it, people who use it know what they mean by it. There are people I consider fools and I'm aware that life is very short to be listening to them.


I agree with the comment about the wise man and the fool though,

Also, I don't be be rude to them, I mean not suffer them. Jehovah W for example- do you suffer them after the first few times?

Achtung Heiss! wasn't pretending. My post was about fools not about JW in particular. I find JW annoying but not more so than seventh day adventists, mormons or double glazing salespeople.Unsolicited and pushy


I don't know about you, but the majority of JW I meet aren't particularly educated, not even about the bible. They spout chapter and verse like you've just done, and they can give you the line on how their church interprets it, which is taken as normative, but they seem to have little understanding of of Theology in the broader sense. Just because an 18 year old on a scholarship quotes to me doesn't mean he understands it! I don't pretend to understand it, but at least I've taken the time to do a degree in Theology and Church History. My friend goes one better, he did his Phd on Paul and refuses to discuss with JW unless they use the original Greek text.

These people would be sent packing from the academy but I suppose that makes them true believers also

Answer 1

I think we should all remember that everyone is not smart, and be kind to people.
Even smart people are not above making stupid mistakes, I know I appreciate it when I am having a my mind has left the building moment,and someone is kind to me instead of rude!
So, yes, we should be kind to fools. I am going to try to be kinder when I answer...I sure don't like it when I get smart *** answers to my questions.

Answer 2

Fools you call these people? Especially SDA, why u think this? Have you researched these beleifs especially the SDA for more than 5 minutes? "Adventist" means rebirth of Christ, if they beleive in Christ then they must be Christians. What is wrong with that? It says in the bible that the seventh day is the day of rest and the day 2 worship. What is wrong there? They also beleive in strict dietary laws. This is only for their health. Having a clean body, meaning eating no pork, nothing that hops, only fish with scales, meat that devideth the hoof and cheweth the cud, etc. Some beleive that it is best 2 eat no meat, so that is okay. When people have a clean diet they think straighter and clearer. Cheese is bad for stomach, it can't digest very well. Dairy products are real hard on the stomach. Calcium is found in cabbage. It is better than milk. Dont cook it though. It is best 2 liquify it. Skittles, jello, starburst, anything that has gelatin is bad because it is made from pork. Seventh Day Adventists are not fools.
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Proverbs 16:24

Answer 3

Despite pretenses, this question seems largely intended to insult Jehovah's Witnesses. Interestingly, such "hatred" should be expected by true Christians in this time of the end, and it actually helps identify Jehovah's Witnesses as Christ's true disciples:

(John 15:19) If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.

(Luke 6:22) Happy are you whenever men hate you, and whenever they exclude you and reproach you and cast out your name as wicked for the sake of the Son of man.

(1 Peter 4:4) Because you do not continue running with them in this course to the same low sink of debauchery, they are puzzled and go on speaking abusively of you.

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.

It seems signficant that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones best known for their worldwide preaching work. Yet Jesus commanded that ALL who would call themselves "Christian" perform this public work:

(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.

Learn more:
http://www.watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm

Answer 4

Yes. If you try to teach a willingly ignorant/stupid person, they will not understand you lessons. Everyone fancies themselves a genius, so not only will you have wasted your breath, but you will also be forced to listen to the logic of a fool. Just treat harmless fools like children, and dangerous fools like time bombs.

Answer 5

Only when young. Confuscious say, "When the wise man and the fool travel together, the wise man will learn more from the fool than the fool will learn from the wise man."
Anyone who thinks they can make something completely foolproof has never met a complete fool. --Douglas Adams RIP

Answer 6

No. What is the exactly meaning of that word fool ?. What elements do it contains to put someone in that category ?. I apologize for my ignorance. But i'd like to know.

Answer 7

The intelligent have no patience for the stupid, and the stupid are unwilling to listen to the intelligent. It's best to stick with your own kind.

"Anyone who drives faster than me is a maniac. Anyone who drives slower than me is an idiot."
- George Carlin