Hi David,

Point taken, I was giving that King Solomon as a 'story' and in my opinion it is only a story, to illustrate wisdom, I don't consider the story to be literally true, but a fable to make a point.

BTW, Albert Einstein not only had knowledge, but he must have had wisdom as well, he knew when was the right time to get out of Nazi Germany.

Dear Paul1405,

Albert Einstein was an important scientist with many supporters. Other Jews with equal awareness of the dangers facing them did not have the help Einstein had in getting out of Germany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis

The Jews on the St. Louis did not have the support that Einstein had.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=evian+conference

Most countries were not willing to admit Jews.

Hi David,

What you say is true, Albert Einstein was of great value to the Americans for his scientific knowledge, and was able to exploit that value to facilitate his own safety, we cannot begrudge him that. Others unfortunately did not have that privilege and subsequently paid the ultimate price with their lives in Nazi death camps.

What I have learnt on this topic is knowledge is a rather common commodity, we all posses some, whereas wisdom is like gold, much more difficult to come by, and some people are totally bereft of that particular commodity.

Dear Paul1405,

I would like to see a world where we give a transvestite addict the same respect we give an Einstein. The transvestite addict can have feelings to as much a degree as Einstein. For that matter a possum may have feelings to as much a degree as Einstein. The philosopher Singer and my son Seth are both vegetarians as they regard sentience as entitling an organism to equal consideration. I do not agree with them and am not a vegetarian, but I try to give all humans equal consideration even though I prefer to be with some humans more than others.

Hi David,

Something that may interest you, I go on most Wednesday nights to a Christian Men's Fellowship, small group 5 there last night. never more than 7 After general small talk as what we have been up to since last meeting etc, is then followed by a passage from the Bible for reading and interpretation. This week it was Herbrews 2 2-10, wont bore you with the discussion other than to say I raised the issue firstly why the passage fails to mention the female of the species, all references are to the male. That was swiftly dealt with by my 4 compatriots, all men of faith, one a Anglican Priest of over 40 years standing, they quickly agreed it was "understood" that references to males was inclusive of females as well, but just not stated, except in the case of God who although referred to in the male, is of course no gender at all.

Secondly, what I extracted from that particular Bible passage was the reference to "Angles" and my topic for the night become "Who are Angles, and what is their function", even the priest in attendance found angles difficult to understand, saying that they were "messages from God", and not "Messengers of God" I raised the devil and his followers in Heaven as being once angels with free will, guardian angles, the 7 archangels. I think at times interpretation of these matters is anything that sounds remotely plausible.

Dear Paul1405,

I regard the following as evil.

HEBREWS 2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

Non-human species and the very earth are subject to man (may mean humanity). Man has the right to exterminate other species, pollute the environment and destroy the earth.

It echoes the evil in Genesis.

GENESIS 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

The Aborigines did an effective job in eliminating the megafauna, and modern Australia is justified by that book of evil, the Bible, in continuing the destruction.

I hope humans may reject Biblical evil and care for the other life on earth and the environment that sustains it.