FOOLS ALL AROUND US: ARE YOU ONE?

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY April 1, 2026

     UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN HIDING IN A CAVE YOU KNOW TODAY IS APRIL FOOL’S DAY. SOME WILL PLAY JOKES ON OTHERS AS I USED TO DO AS A KID. I NOW PREFER TO CALL THIS DAY THE ATHEIST NATIONAL HOLIDAY BECAUSE AS PSALM 14:1 SAYS: “THE FOOL HAS SAID IN HIS HEART ‘THERE IS NO GOD.’.”

     I FIND IT REMARKABLE THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ANYONE CAN ASK ARE MOSTLY IGNORED BY SO MANY PEOPLE. THEY ARE: IS THERE A GOD? IF THERE IS, HOW CAN I KNOW HIM? IF THERE IS A HEAVEN, HOW CAN I GET THERE? WHO IS JESUS AND IS HE REAL? DID HE DIE ON A CROSS IN MY PLACE AND FOR MY SINS? IS HE THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN?

     WHY DO THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IGNORE THESE QUESTIONS? WHY DO THEY THINK THEY ARE GOOD, OR AT LEAST BETTER THAN OTHERS, WHICH OUGHT TO GET THEM A TICKET TO HEAVEN?

     IN PROVERBS, THE WORD “FOOL” OR “FOOLS” IS MENTIONED 99 TIMES. IT RELATES TO PEOPLE WHO IGNORE GOD AND GO THEIR OWN WAY.

     IGNORING GOD IS THE WORK OF SATAN. IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO ME YOU HAD BETTER SEEK GOD. IF YOU DO, HE SAYS YOU WILL FIND HIM. DON’T BE A FOOL. I’M CAL THOMAS.