I am convinced "dumb", in people, more times than not, is a choice. Rebellion breeds stupidity. The more someone refuses the truth the less intelligent they become. The possibility of becoming a discerning person diminishes dramatically the older we get, as we refuse truth.
No one gets dumber as they grow older by virtue of time, those who appear to, were increasing in foolishness because of the rebellion they nurtured for years before they got to the place of idiotic irrationality.
Have you ever met someone you could just not reason with on any level no matter how hard you tried? I have met people who fought and argued nonsense all their lives, got to a place where they could no longer think in intelligent terms even if they wanted to. It was as though God saw them refusing knowledge and reason so long, that He turned them over to their ignorance with no chance of ever coming out of it.
Romans 1:28 "And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,"
While I understand that the Romans passage is referring to a depraved mind that has been given over to their depravity, I also understand that immorality is not the only sin that can be treated this way. Rejection of God's principles long enough, can produce in someone the inability to think in reasonable, rational and intelligent ways.
This is something to ponder and pray about. Do we want to become foolish in our old age because we rejected the principles of God, or do we want to become wiser and more discerning as we age gracefully?
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