Is This Difficult to See?

  He approached the swollen stream and read the sign "Do Not Cross High Water." But he had been that way many times and had a good truck, so he drove on. (His body was recovered downstream.)

  He was nigh unto death but the doctor prescribed medicine that could cure him but he felt he could get well with out and refused to take it. (He died shortly.)

  He was warned not to tamper with the electrical unit without proper tools. But he sincerely thought he could handle it anyway. (He got the shock of his life.)

  Were these three foolish? If so, why so? Do not many treat matters of the soul and their relationship with God with the same "thinking?"