Friday 1 April 2016

Who's the fool?

Seen on the Telegraph website a few moments ago...

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In a world in which you begin with the mantra "religion and politics don't mix, Christianity has nothing to say outside of church buildings", it's not long before people who think they're serious, behave like they're serious, and everybody treats seriously... can't be distinguished from people that anyone outside of the bubble would assume was an escapee from an asylum.

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10:03pm April Fools' Day 2016: The best pranks, jokes and reaction
10:16pm Nicola Sturgeon: Scots to be allowed to change gender so they are neither male nor female
10:19pm Nicola Sturgeon: Scots to be allowed to change the moon into cheese
10:28pm Nicola Sturgeon: Scots to be permitted to adapt Newton's theory of gravity if they find it oppressive
11:05pm Nicola Sturgeon: Scots to be able to adjust the year of their birth if reality troubles them
11:45pm Nicola Sturgeon: Scots will gain powers to shape-shift and re-invent themselves as vacuum cleaners, but only on Tuesdays

When you have modern Western politicians, what exactly is the point of an April Fools' Day?

Psalm 14:1 - "The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.'"

In God's mercy, there's an antidote to being at war with reality, at war with ourselves, at war with what God made us. God can remake us through Jesus Christ. The desire to rebel against what he's made us can be replaced with a willingness to embrace it, and submit to it, in joyful obedience to him. However messed up we are inside - there's another solution to demanding that the world re-organise itself around our mess. There's a Saviour who can put us right again.