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On The Evils Of Society: Leo XIII (INSCRUTABILI DEI CONSILIO 1878)
@millerz433 thanks for the link! Just what I needed to hear! 👍

Jeremiah 7:18 KJV

<18> The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

You probably need some context to go with that.

@Karnivore Oh? How so? I quoted a verse from the Bible with no explanation. What context do you say I need? What is your assumption?

> "Answer fools according to their folly,
> lest they become wise in their own eyes."

@Karnivore Echo chambers??

...answering according to folly insinuates an opportunity for discussion...

Well, it was only half of the parable. :)

Fair enough...

I am anyways just grabbing the tail end... not much I can do but fish...lol

Here are verses 4 and 5:
> Do not answer fools according to their folly,
> lest you too become like them.
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> Answer fools according to their folly,
> lest they become wise in their own eyes.

No worries. Some others are already busy fishing here today, it seems.

(and by type of fishing, I mean trolling, of course...)

Ok... that verse really does look like it's pointing towards the idea of echo chambers.

Lets see...

"Do not answer to positively reinforce a point... Instead talk about the different angles to increase/decrease it's potential."

...oh...

Trolling

It mean don't stoop to their level

You will become like them and they will become invigorated

But that could be a bit self-righteous, no?
That word sounds too strong to use, but something like that...
I do understand of casting pearls to swine... though... but that itself is also quite harsh... yes?

...I am just throwing concepts out there...

...Like I said... I am just catching the tail end... lol

In context...
There MUST be a better verse to argue in support of your statement.

In Afrikaans it sounds like....
"Meng jou met die semels en die varke sal jou opvreet." Proverbs 13:20

"Mix with this bran and the pigs will devour you."

@MaxIgnoramus

I dont know I just offered the interpretation for that other proverb

Oh... I like that... cool thanks

Our grandparents used to use this last mentioned when we were being naughty kids

Interesting @Dagbreker

Proverbs 13:20 for me says:
> Walk with the wise and you become wise,
> but the companion of fools fares badly.

I can see the connection, yet quite different.

@Karnivore Yes... I wanted to put the English translation here, but realised my version will add some shock... lol

it did add some shock for sure

lol

quite late over there, eh?

Can you imagine your grandma saying something like that... and all you did was break one of her beloved roses

Yes... it's late

Oh yes, I could imagine grandma saying some things much worse..LOL

...but also not untrue

Hahaha