Catholic Scientist writes:
I don't find any of those synonyms to be equal to "false" by necessity, either.
Unless you're yodelling
My Fair Lady while doing backflips, "foolishness" is a lot closer to "false" than it is to "not false".
But the quote is not about what the author knows, its just a belief of his.
That's not what it says though. Paul was making a direct comparison between human wisdom and God's wisdom:
quote:
1Co 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
1Co 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
1Co 3:20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
He said
directly, "The Lord knoweth...." - clearly implying that Paul knoweth what God knoweth. How can you twist that into Paul not claiming to have wisdom over and above human wisdom?
It is not some profound fact... just a musing, IMHO.
That's what I've been saying all along: "God's wisdom is not our wisdom" has no more meaning than "'Twas brillig and the slithy toves...."
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