No Snickering, No Mockery and No Contempt - Well, Maybe a Little Bit

The talk show segment was entitled "No Stupid Questions" and was designed to encourage listeners to pose their unanswered questions about life. As the hosts introduced the topic they reminded everyone there would be no snickering, no mockery and no contempt as people asked their questions and other people answered. This was an opportunity to freely express your thoughts.

I listened as I drove home from work that day. As usual, the questions and answers zigzagged through a random series of subjects. And as usual, there was no snickering, no mockery, no contempt as people indeed, asked some not stupid (and some very stupid) questions.

But the mood changed when a young man inquired "Where did languages come from? How come there are so many? Why don't we all speak the same language?"

For the next little while I listened to people's theories and concluded that they should rename the program "Lots of Stupid Answers."

Then out of this mish-mash of myths, a lady called and calmly explained that it all had begun at the Tower of Babel. She spoke with confidence and clarity as she flawlessly related the facts from the Bible.

Suddenly the no snickering, no mockery and no contempt rule dissipated somewhere in the invisible airwaves.

"Why are you bringing the Bible into it?" the one host snickered with mockery and contempt. "We don't need to be talking about the Bible."

They cut her off and that was the end of that.

But here's the thing. Even though the talk show hosts did not want to listen to the lady (and broke their own snickering/mockery/contempt rules in interacting with her), the lady knew the correct answer. She was absolutely right. She had her facts down to the very jot and tittle. The talk show hosts unbelief did not negate the truthfulness of what she said.

If we would only remember that when people snicker at our own attempts to insert God's Word into a conversation.

1 Corinthians 3:19-20 - For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness."

We shouldn't expect the world to believe what God says.
We should expect the snickering, the mockery and the contempt.

But we must always remember - unbelief does not negate the validity of the facts.