Now we want to look more closely at the latent stage of Character Deficiency Syndrome, the Naive Fool. Both are a matter of morality. The fool fails to see the relationship between faith, morality, and a happy life. His blindness leads him to ignore spiritual and moral reality, and ultimately to defy it. The key is that both wisdom and folly are a choice.
Proverbs describes different kinds of fool.
Together they constitute a syndrome because they present a clear, diagnosable pattern of behaviors, all connected in a downward spiral. The first degree of Character Deficiency Syndrome is described as the Simple One, or the Naive Fool. This is folly in its latent stage. Actually we're dealing with someone who is immature, who lacks the judgment and discernment that should come with experience. He is easily enticed, gullible.