Further to my earlier post Reality and Belief – 1, there is couple other stories that shows how our reality is distorted by some of our rigid beliefs.
A Christian scholar who held the Bible to be literally true was once accosted by a scientist who said, “According to the Bible the earth was made five thousand years ago.
But we have discovered bones that point to life on earth a million years ago.”
Pat came the answer: “When God created earth five thousand years ago, he
deliberately but those bones in to test our faith and see if we would believe his Word rather than scientific evidence.”
And why arguing and trying to convince a rigid believer with the facts is impossible is because, there is nothing a rigid believer cannot find an explanation for.
The village preacher at the home of an elderly parishioner was busy answering grandma’s questions over a cup of coffee.
“Why does the Lord send us epidemics every so often?” asked the old lady.
“Well,” said the preacher, “sometimes people become so wicked they have to be removed and so the good Lord allows the coming of epidemics.
“But then,” objected grandma, “why do so many good people get removed with the bad?”
“The good ones are summoned for witnesses,” explained the preacher. “The Lord wants to give every soul a fair trial.”
The parables above and the one in my earlier post Reality and Belief – 1 are from the book Song Of The Bird, by Anthony De Mello. A wonderful book that I am currently reading, soothing my tired mind and feeding my hungry soul.
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