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\n

By Indy Watchman<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bible has gone to great lengths to show that all of mankind, I say again, all of mankind<\/span><\/em>, are deluded. Solomon has said conclusively, \u201cVanity of vanity, all is vanity,\u201d<\/em> and also that \u201cFolly is bound up in the heart of a child<\/em>.\u201d Men upon the face of the earth are all<\/em> men chasing shadows, all<\/em> the days of their lives, and men, at the very height of their glory, are all<\/em> mad. The domicile of delirium, i.e. worldly happiness, is the home of Folly, and is better known as common \u201cfoolishness,\u201d and we could say stupidity, silliness, asininity, absurdity, imbecility, or mild mannered craziness, but let\u2019s not get particular. This Folly, who loosely closes her fist and allows her many jewels to be heisted, with only a pretense of resistance; and sheepishly hides her face from our insanity, while attaining a howling good time, is the same goddess of this world who freely dispenses those things which, we suppose, make us happy. In our madness the pretense becomes the reality, and to unveil the charade is to spoil the whole production. To remove the actor\u2019s make-up is to ruin the play; and to expose the play as a travesty, could well earn you a lashing, if not literal at least of the tongue. This foolishness is what those of the world call logic, wisdom, and intelligence, and that is the great delusion of mankind, and the great entertainment of Folly.<\/p>\n

This idea of exposing the folly shut up in the bodies of men is not new with me, so I\u2019ll take a minute to give some credit where credit is due, to Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, who wrote the renowned work, The Praise of Folly, in the year 1511. I have loosely followed his lead without quoting him directly, while trying to retain his method of delivering a needed message through irony. Click here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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