And no, I don't mean the band from the '60's...
2007-01-19 05:06:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is an urban legend that when Bertrand Russell was having a discussion with a little old lady after a speech he gave the said old lady opined that the Earth rested on a turtle and thats how we moved through space. When questioned by Russell about what the turtle rested on she replied that he was very clever but that he should know that it was 'Turtles all the way down'.
This is now my and many peoples standard reply to anything which involves the idea of an infinite regress regarding the origin of the universe. That and I believe that it is also a creation myth of one of the Eastern religions.
Edit:
This gives a fuller description...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down
2007-01-19 05:13:13 · answer #1 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have 3 turtles 2 big ones and a little one..
2007-01-19 13:13:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I know is that the turtle is considered to be the second incarnation of Vishnu in the Hindu religion.
It made me wonder too. I wanna know more! :)
2007-01-19 13:14:13 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You mean the ones that carry the earth on their backs and swim through the sea that is the milky way? :-)
2007-01-19 13:14:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
myth(?):An Iroquois Creation:
http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_12.html
Peace and Love
2007-01-19 13:29:37 · answer #5 · answered by digilook 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is four of them leonardo, michaelangelo, donnatello and raphael
2007-01-19 13:11:16 · answer #6 · answered by zed10096 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A little more info would be helpful
k1
2007-01-19 13:10:28 · answer #7 · answered by Kenneth G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine me and you.
I do.
2007-01-19 13:32:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋