Foolishness

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”
1 Corinthians 3:18

In all 18 years of my life I have never been seriously challenged in my faith. I’ve heard different arguments such as evolution and other worldviews but it’s all mainly been from a Christian standpoint. Going to a secular university however has gives me the opportunity to hear opposing views from people who actually believe them. Ethics is the most obvious example for me. I can’t tell for sure if my professor truly believes some of the ideas she’s teaching but she teaches as if she believes them completely.

We’re currently studying Socrates and Plato and other Greek philosophers and one of the points that have come up is Socrates opinion on creation. In short the “Demi Urge” who is the only real god was enlightened. He was surrounded by chaos though and took it upon himself to bring order to the chaos. He created the universe using matter that was already there and before everyone is born the Demi Urge shows each person’s soul everything there is to know about anything and also shows the soul which star they will preside on if they are good in life. And supposedly the shock of being born makes people forget everything they have been shown.

This theory seems ridiculous especially with the knowledge we now have of the space and our solar system and stars and such. But how many people really have the belief that if you live a good life you’ll go to heaven whether heaven is a star or clouds or another dimension. It’s still just as foolish as the theory about the Demi Urge. But people the world considers to be wise have taken in these ideas. The ideas that Socrates and Plato came up with are still followed by many and these people while thousands of years old are still considered wiser than any one else. Yet God has revealed to us how foolish and ridiculous their ideas are. Socrates based all his beliefs off of the idea that people know everything there is to know they’ve just forgotten it. It’s a ridiculous idea yet people still consider what he taught to be profound. But how can something be profound when it’s foundation is foolish?