--- Reggie Bautista wrote: <snip> > Here's an analogy I've heard: Imagine a statue the > size of the entire > United States. Imagine that this statue is > incredibly detailed. You can > spend your whole life studying the details of one > small area, maybe > occasionally stepping back to get a bigger picture > view. But the further > back you stand, the less detail you see. > > I think the point of this analogy is that there are > a lot of different > beliefs, a lot of different ways of believing, but > maybe all beliefs (or > most, or at least many) are simply describing > details from different parts of the statue.
And I recall the story of the seven blind men and the elephant: one feels the tusk and states the elephant is like a spear; another the leg, 'A pillar!' and still another the ear, "No, it's like a fan!' The side = a wall. The trunk = a snake. The tail = a rope. The forehead = a rock. They all argue at the top of their voices, each _certain_ he is right; the elephant, amused, walks back into the jungle. Or Something Like That Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
