Tech Tips for Catholics

Back in the day, and perhaps still today, video game magazines were notorious for pranking their readers between the pages of their April issues. Printing fake game cheats, news, and all sorts of other little bits of fabricated information. For those of us who were anticipating the April issues, knew what to expect, but I always felt sorry for those who were not prepared. I admit that there were a few times when I forgot all about the April issue and spent countless hours implementing the gaming tips that were supposed to “grant me infinite lives”, or that would “unlock” something cool in the game. It is never fun to be on the receiving end of an April Fool’s joke. First you feel angered or deceived, then comes the urge to get back at the person with an even bigger prank, which I’m all for. Just don’t get too out of hand. Some people take it too far.

This April 1st, Twitter will be inundated with contrived lies, half-truths, and deception. Some may even be outright malicious, but hopefully this won’t be the case. There’s nothing wrong with good, clean fun, if done in a light-hearted manor. I plan to avoid the internet altogether on April Fool’s Day. I’m pretty gullible and I know for a fact that I would fall victim to at least one online April Fool’s joke. Here is an example of one from last year.

All of this talk about April Fool’s jokes got me thinking. What does the Bible say about fools? Actually, there is quite a bit of Scripture that talks about what it means to be foolish or to be a fool. A fool is described as someone who is: full of deception (Proverbs 10:9-10; Proverbs 10:18; Proverbs 14:8; Proverbs 19-9), reckless and sure of himself (Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 17:7; Proverbs 17:27-28; Sirach 22:7; Ecclesiastes 4:13-14; Ecclesiastes 10:3), a brute (Sirach 22:9-20; Proverbs 17:20), lacking in faith or is in ignorance of God (Luke 24:13-35; Wisdom 3:1-3; Wisdom 13:1-9; Psalms 53:1-2; Jeremiah 5:21), wicked (Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 4:17; Proverbs 10:21-23), quick-tempered (Proverbs 14:17), discontent (Ecclesiastes 7:9), unwise and/or unprepared (Matthew 25:1-13; Wisdom 3:11; Proverbs 17:16), and is grief to his parents (Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 17:21; Proverbs 17:25). These are just a few examples.