One day the there was a small frog in a lake. He was confronted by a turtle who had come from the ocean and told him all about it, how it seemed to never end and all you could see is water. The frog, staring into the small lake laughed and said 'Obviously nothing like that could exist...' He didn't realize how ignorant and narrow minded he was being only focusing on what he knew.
2006-10-14 08:23:39 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wow...you atheists are so ignorant...I hope god helps you.
2006-10-14 08:33:16 · update #1
thx jellybean. ;P ..hehe..I tihnk I could do better though.
2006-10-14 08:34:48 · update #2
This could well be the most laughable question yet that I've seen here.
2006-10-14 08:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by TinyPuppyWuppy 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The analogy is absurd. Try putting it into realistic terms. The turtle has never been out of the lake either and makes claims supported by nothing other than a book of stone age philosophies, taken from other cultures, that also claims the Earth is flat, that the Sun rotates around the Earth and that bats are really birds. Yeah, I'd be skeptical and the turtle would be an obvious crackpot.
2006-10-14 15:34:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bad analogy... you've never seen god so how can you report about him in a way that gives you 100% true objective knowledge of his existence?
The turtle saw and experienced the ocean which is a real physical thing that anyone taken to it can experience.... god is an imaginary being that everyone experiences in a different way because the experience is a misunderstanding of ones own psychology.
2006-10-14 19:07:31 · answer #3 · answered by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are forgetting something...in the story the turtle is a direct source. Unless you have met a 2000 year old Middle Eastern with a time machine then all you have to go on is the bible, a book that has been re-written more times than the last Enron accounts.
2006-10-14 15:32:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your "question" assumes that most atheists have never picked up a bible in their lives, on top of calling us ignorant and narrow-minded. I read the bible. I probably could answer any question about it that you can give. But I chose not to believe. I read lots of books - does that mean I have to believe everything I read in every book? I would be pretty confused if that was the case. And if you're a christian, aren't you proving how narrow-minded YOU are by making such assumptions (and insulting comments)about atheists, and only focusing on what YOU know?
2006-10-14 15:33:10 · answer #5 · answered by ReeRee 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
But if the turtle brought back a picture, or any sort of evidence, I'm sure the frog would've believed him.
2006-10-14 15:26:08 · answer #6 · answered by . 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
like believing all the crap in the bible came inspired by a god -- comments like "women are worth fewer sheckles than men" or "women are unclean because of their periods" or that "women should shut up in church" or "slavery is ok, so let me tell you how you should trat your slaves" and other such monumental BS.
beleiving silly nonsense without question. brainwashing cults like christianity. that what you are talking about?
2006-10-14 15:27:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
So that would mean that you definitely know what lies outside our universe and reality. You should call up MIT because you are officially the most wise person of all time...jackass...
2006-10-14 15:36:32 · answer #8 · answered by bc_munkee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the frog in your story can go to the ocean
the human who seeks god doesn't have any empirical evidence
why
2006-10-14 15:32:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
We are, then, all frogs—even the turtle.
2006-10-14 15:27:19 · answer #10 · answered by DrB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋