The Parable of the Bus
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It was at 2:37 on an autumn afternoon when God got into a fight with a city bus.
One day a messiah walked off of the sidewalk and onto the busy city street. “I am the word of god!” he shouts loudly into the air. “And there are no buses!” It was at that point that a city bus turned the corner onto the messiah’s street. “Buses are figments of your imagination!” The messiah pounds his fist against his chest, triumphant. “Only trains exist!!!” It was at this point that the bus switched into the messiah’s lane. “Truly we should ride trains and only trains because it is only trains that are rea-” It was at the point that the bus engaged God in a contest of strength. To be short, the bus won. |
Haha, I really like this parable. It illustrates very well the idea that people should be independent thinkers focused on reality, not on what God or anyone else might say — because in any war against reality, reality will ultimately win (just like the bus).