The Wise People
Once upon a true there was a people who thought itself very wise. They knew themselves far wiser than their ancestors, so they determined to decide all matters anew. They, in their wisdom, would be the measure of all things.
Once upon a true there was a people who thought itself very wise. They knew themselves far wiser than their ancestors, so they determined to decide all matters anew. They, in their wisdom, would be the measure of all things.
They decided beauty was meaningless, and so made all things ugly.
They decided goodness was meaningless, and became bad.
They rejected truth, and became a people of lies and delusions.
They rebelled against God, proclaiming a false gospel of sin and death.
They decided goodness was meaningless, and became bad.
They rejected truth, and became a people of lies and delusions.
They rebelled against God, proclaiming a false gospel of sin and death.
When the earth shook and the sky split and the heavens rained down fire, it was but to scour the monuments of vanity the wise people had left behind—for they had destroyed themselves, each saying to each, “Do we not deserve to perish? Are we not, in our wisdom, superior to life?”
Such was the wisdom of the Wise People, and the other peoples of the earth wondered at such wisdom, saying “Surely such wisdom is beyond us—may God keep it so!”
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