“The transformation of PC to new form factors like the tablet is going to make some people uneasy because the PC has taken us a long ways. The PC is brilliant, and we like to talk about the post-PC era, but it’s uncomfortable.”

You know he’s thinking about how to build a foundation for dominance in that era. Mainstreaming Apple multi-touch has to be more important to him strategically than selling iPad’s and touch mice.

The answer came as proudly, “And I am Diogenes.”

Alexander then said, “Have you no favor to ask of me?”

“Yes,” Diogenes replied, “to get out of my sunlight.”

Far from being angry with him, Alexander seemed to respect and admire a man strong enough to be indifferent to his presence, and said, “Were I not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.”

The bottom line is that I must be worth a lot to God if He was willing to do what He did for me.

I agree with you in spirit, it seems like so many people waste time on things that I do not understand.

In college I spent 2000 hours on a video game building a character … and every time I think about it, I get sick to my stomach. I have never invested that sort of time in such a trivial thing ever again.

Keep on preaching this stuff… perhaps we will save a few.

I think you’re right, but it is not only an admonition against gnosticism. It was a broadside against the entire system of Greek thought. Greeks sought wisdom by the exercise of the mind. Paul sought wisdom from the Spirit of God which was within him. He calls the wisdom that can be gained by the exercise of the mind ‘natural’ or ‘carnal.’ And discussed a greater wisdom that was from God which was spiritual. This leaves the world of gnosticism as well as Greek philosophy undercut. In this sense I would see gnosticism as a Christian heresy which adopted a dose of Greek philosophy together with a bit of Christian theology. Paul’s attack isn’t just against gnosticism, but also the Greek philosophy that had inspired its offending elements.

The moral of this story is that if we want to be wise we must abide in Christ through prayer, His word and a constancy in worshiping him in all we do. Worshiping Jesus changes us, making us more holy, more wise and more happy even in the midst of suffering.