>>839533
I understand why you would say that, brother. It does seem disproportionate. But remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. A disproportionate response now forestalls a desperate situation later. Proverbs 20:5 "Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out." Don't just let your insight stay inside of you. Put it into action, BEFORE bad things happen. Proverbs has more to say on that:
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
>>839612
Thank you for understanding, brother, and thank you for your high praise in saying that the mods should pin this thread. You are absolutely right: we cannot be passive now.