I firmly believe that sometime thousands of years ago, some scribe left out the most important verse of the Bible: ‘...verly I say unto you, DON’T BE STUPID.’
Substitute “foolish” for “stupid” and there is a whole lot written about it.
It’s been part of Christian philosophy for years, that recently has gone by the wayside - people don’t seem to know it anymore.
The Christian American Philosophy in a nutshell (One of my favorite all time quotes from my favorite books):
“Pa, How can the muskrats know?”
“I don’t know how they know,” Pa said. “But they do. God tells them, somehow, I suppose.”
“Then why doesn’t God tell us?” Laura wanted to know.
“Because,” Pa said, “we’re not animals. We’re humans, and like it says in the Declaration of Independence, God created us free. That means we got to take care of ourselves.”
Laura said faintly, “I thought God takes care of us.”
“He does.” Pa said, “so far as we do what’s right. And he gives us a conscience and brains to know what’s right. But he leaves it up to us to do as we please. That’s the difference between us and everything else in creation.”
“Can’t muskrats do what they please?” Laura asked, amazed.
“No” said Pa. “I don’t know why they can’t, but they can’t. Look at that muskrat house. Muskrats have to build that kind of house....But folks build all kinds of houses....So if his house doesn’t keep out the weather, that’s HIS lookout - he’s free and independent”.