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moyno85 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
gay pride
PrattvilleCityLimits (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
We should not allow the fool to drag us down to his level. The fool is exasperating; he is looking for trouble, and he often tempts us to oblige him. Since the fool will spout off and speak his mind, we are tempted to lose our temper with him as well. Proverbs instructs us not to allow him to get the best of us, lest we be lowered to his level.
PrattvilleCityLimits (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Dr. E. W. Bullinger suggests that the connection between these verses can be explained by an ellipsis (something deliberately left out to grab the reader's attention) beginning in verse 3, which compares reasoning with a fool to reasoning with a donkey. Rather than considering these proverbs as absolute commands, the reader finds cause-and-effect cautions: If you answer a fool, you will be like him, but if you do not answer a fool, he will assume you are like him. Either way, we would lose.
PrattvilleCityLimits (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What we have here is not contradiction, but dilemma—an indication that when it comes to answering fools, you cannot win—because they are fools, and there is no practical cure for foolery (as this citation demonstrates). So: It is unwise to argue with a fool at his own level and recognize his own foolish suppositions, but it is good sometimes to refute him soundly, lest his foolishness seem to be confirmed by your silence.
eternityends23 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thats what I get for multi-tasking.
You're right, I got the verses backwards, but my point still holds true.
They are two verses, back to back, that contradict eachother.
PrattvilleCityLimits (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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Get it right, fool.
PrattvilleCityLimits (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
eternityends23 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Proverbs 26: 4- Answer a fool according to his folly...
Proverbs 26: 5- Answer NOT a fool according to his folly...
Two verses BACK TO BACK that contradict each other. Lead on, blind one! Lead on!
imnoromeo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hey look, he uses the same tactic as Bill O'reilly, if you do not have facts, if your in a corner and you know your wrong, get loud and start yelling because since that prevents others from correcting you it proves your right.
halli321 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yup. And that loser was talking over everyone else the second an educated statement was coming through. Its the equivalent of plugging your ears and screaming, "lalalalalalala!" |
