U. S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was in Baton Rouge, LA over the weekend and offered some great advice at a Knights of Columbus gathering: be fools for Christ. Justice Scalia's comments regarding the contempt shown of late towards Christians seem to be particularly timely:
"To believe in traditional Christianity is something else," Scalia said. "For the son of God to be born of a virgin? I mean, really. To believe that he rose from the dead and bodily ascended into heaven? How utterly ridiculous. To believe in miracles? Or that those who obey God will rise from the dead and those who do not will burn in hell?
"God assumed from the beginning that the wise of the world would view Christians as fools ... and he has not been disappointed."
His advice to Christians:
"If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world."
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