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Pondering Imponderables
A fellow by the name of <<jeremiah3rd>> made an
interesting post today on viewpoints with respect to religion and
reason. It made me think of my own belief system, which I
based on the story of the Six Blind Men and the Elephant. There are
6 blind men, who, having heard an elephant guards the Rajah's
daughter, make a trip to the royal stables so that they may
experience this beast for themselves. The first one touches the
side, and proclaims the elephant is very like a wall. The second
man touches the tusk of the elephant, and announces that the
elephant must be like a spear. The third blind man grabs hold of
the trunk, and immediately thinks an elephant must be a great
snake. The fourth man stumbles and catches the leg of the elephant,
which he then declares is a great tree-trunk. The fifth man grasps
the ear, from which he gathers that OF COURSE the elephant is like
a fan. The sixth man grabs the tail and states that the elephant is
like a rope.
Here's the tail end and moral written in verse by the American poet John Godfrey Saxe:
"And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
Moral:
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!
Another God/religion analogy, as described by Mystic Michael, (wherever he may be now):
"The concept of God and Religion is like a big jewel out in space, and most people only see one facet and think it's the whole jewel, or don't realize there is more to it than the face they see. Or, they are facing away from it and don't bother to turn to see it at all."
Here's the tail end and moral written in verse by the American poet John Godfrey Saxe:
"And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
Moral:
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!
Another God/religion analogy, as described by Mystic Michael, (wherever he may be now):
"The concept of God and Religion is like a big jewel out in space, and most people only see one facet and think it's the whole jewel, or don't realize there is more to it than the face they see. Or, they are facing away from it and don't bother to turn to see it at all."
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