Bonhoeffer‘s Theory of Stupidity

    
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Brewer55
Brewer55
3 years ago

That video sums up well the insane world we currently exist in.

Publius Huldah
3 years ago

The video is fascinating and valuable. However, it drove me nuts because it doesn’t tell us what the cure for stupidity is.
So I read from the translation of Bonhoeffer’s letter which is here: http://southsidemessenger.com/bonhoeffer-on-stupidity-entire-quote/
THERE, Bonhoeffer tells us what the cure for stupidity is (don’t know why they left the Answer out of the video):
“…The word of the Bible that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom declares that the internal liberation of human beings to live the responsible life before God is the only genuine way to overcome stupidity….”
Now I see the cure! After we put God’s Word above all else, we become immune to the stupidity Bonhoeffer writes about.

Publius Huldah
3 years ago
Reply to  Publius Huldah

Now we have to figure out how to get the stupid to have the requisite “fear” of God. [I don’t know Hebrew, but suspect that “reverence” is a better English translation than “fear”].

EddieHnatlo
EddieHnatlo
3 years ago
Reply to  Publius Huldah

Reverence has often been used wrongfully. What we see in the depraved world is absolutely no fear of the Lord God. In fact just the opposite. They openly stick their fingers up at Him. Fear not what man can do to you. Fear what God can do -- and will do. Do not confuse reverence with fear.

enn ess
enn ess
3 years ago
Reply to  Publius Huldah

And that PH, I believe is the essence of it all. Victor Davis Hansen stated, through his study of history, that the human species gets more stupid on average every 5 years. It can’t be that technology is a major contributor to it as technology and its advancement requires critical and out of the box thinking skills, not found in stupidity.
Consider the moral abyss Americans have fallen into over the last 40-70 years, essentially since the end of WWII. More and more evil and immoral behavior is tolerated and accepted as normal. We have lost our moral compass through our lack of fear in God. God is being removed from modern life at an ever increasing rate, replaced with a fear of, and reliance on gommermint.
Morality can only come from God, it is the prerequisite of responsibility and accountability. Morality can only be obtained by the fear of God, the fear of being acceptable to Him. IE: not doing something because it would not be acceptable to God. Doing and knowing what is right and what is wrong is driven by morality.
I kneel and bow to God and God alone. I fear no man! I fear God.
Collectively we need to get our moral compass straight. We are engaged not in a war or fight between ideologies, between differing parties, differing races. We are engaged in a war of Good and Evil.

strider 777
strider 777
3 years ago
Reply to  Publius Huldah

Precisely. After all, Satan is the epitome of stupidity. He actually believes he can outwit and dethrone God who is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent. Now, that is stupid on steroids!

a follower, working on it.
a follower, working on it.
3 years ago
Reply to  strider 777

i do not believe satan is stupid.
satan also believes in God. satan knows the Bible. Mankind also seems to have assumed the role of god, thinking that they are superior and gods.
This is why when people (of various spirits) throw Bible verses up,(cherry picked) we should also have our guard up, using His discernment all the way.
mankind alone cannot outwit nor out maneuver satan nor God.
Yahusha the Son is the One who opens the seals upon mankind,for good reason, Yahuah brings a delusion upon mankind,
Praise this instead of complaining endlessly.
we must not get caught up in this, seek to become set apart and do not get caught up in the worldliness the physical. i believe most people are in need of the Spiritual connection, that is what many are lacking and therefore should be seeking…
i have been studying the book of Romans again, particularly 7&8. very insightful.
‘studying’ not just reading it.
Is good to see these conversations.

Surf Nazare
Surf Nazare
3 years ago
Reply to  strider 777

I have often wondered/pondered the question as to how Lucifer thought for an instant he could overpower the Creator. Remember he must be a great salesman and obviously he is because he took a 1/3 of the angels with him. I guess it comes down to PRIDE. He wanted the throne and position given to Jesus. Isaiah 14: 12/13/14 I believe gives us a glimps into what Lucifer/Satan was thinking and about. He was probably the most magnificent angel created, especially if you read the description of him. And then when Jesus given the power and seat of power it infuriated him, his Pride went into overdrive. So one can only think of the power and abilities and freedoms that G-d gave them. Then along comes man and the rebellion to serve and minster to man (angels are ministering spirits) and Lucifer says/thinks I am the one that man should be taking the knee to, not Jesus !!! So the war is on and Lucifer knows he is doomed and decides to try and destroy as much of G-d,s creation as he can. Thus the destroying of man’s DNA (the flood) and now we have the same thing in these shots etc. trying to change man’s DNA——PRIDE has to be the answer !!!

a follower, working on it.
a follower, working on it.
3 years ago
Reply to  Surf Nazare

Access to the stars and beyond, instead of confined to earth.
This is one we see playing out also.

strider 777
strider 777
3 years ago
Reply to  strider 777

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition: Stupid -- (as in the 3rd sense of the meaning: “showing or resulting from a lack of normal intelligence; foolish; irrational [a stupid idea]”

I rest my case.

strider 777
strider 777
3 years ago
Reply to  strider 777

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition: Stupid — (as in the 3rd sense of the meaning: “showing or resulting from a lack of normal intelligence; foolish; irrational [a stupid idea]”
I rest my case.

a follower, working on it.
a follower, working on it.
3 years ago
Reply to  strider 777

This is not a trial. This is a simple conversation. Helps to bring up things perhaps others have not considered?
Yahuah created satan not without purpose.
An example, choices made, freewill etc.?