Proverbs has much to say about fools (Note 1). The futility of trying to impart wisdom to a fool is the basis of Proverbs 26:4-5, which tell us how to answer a fool: 4 Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, or you will become as foolish as him. 5 Be sure to...
I have a failing. I will often refer to someone as a nincompoop. Or a fool. This is both un-Christian and not my judgment to make. It is, in fact, a sin. If I were Catholic, I might say it is only a minor sin. But I am Evangelical and believe that God does not grade...