The only thing that stops God sending a second Flood is that the first one was useless.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- If a divine act like the Flood failed to fix humanity, repeating it would be pointless.
- In plain terms
- Doing the same thing again will not fix a broken world.
- What can you take from it?
- Repeating failed solutions does not solve problems.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What solution failed twice?
- Why do we repeat past mistakes?
Another view
Some issues require repeated intervention.
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