"I believe every word of Winnie the Pooh - why don't you?"?

Question

The same argument for faith is used by theists in respect of the bible, but the principle is the same, n'est ce pas?

Answer 1

You'll never be accepted into the Hundred acre Wood if you continue believeing the false prophet Pooh, only if you accept the teachings of Eeyore will you truly be saved.

Answer 2

Bob its not the same, however - that said - I do hope you refer to the A. A. Milne version with Shepherd's illustrations, and not any of the heretical Walt (666) Disney versions!

For a start, Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh and once referred to as Edward Bear, was created by A. A. Milne. He appears in the books Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Milne also included several poems about Winnie-the-Pooh in the children’s poetry books When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six. All four volumes were illustrated by E. H. Shepard.

Now it is the anti-pooh developed by Walt that has no hyphens in his name. The book is more famous than the Bible, for amongst the many translated versions, there was Alexander Lenard's Latin translation, Winnie ille Pu, which was first published in 1958, and, in 1960, became the first foreign-language book to be featured on the New York Times Bestseller List, and is the only book in Latin ever to have been featured there!

Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after a toy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, (Not Christopher John!) who was the basis for the character Christopher Robin. And it was his toys also lent their names to most of the other characters, except for Owl and Rabbit, who were probably based on real animals. There was never a Gopher, we do not have gopher's in England - that was a sh-it character added in the Disney version.

Christopher Robin's toy bear is now on display at the Donnell Library Centre Central Children's Room in New York. He had named his toy after Winnipeg, a bear which he and his father often saw at London Zoo. Winnipeg the Bear was the mascot of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, and when the brigade left for France, they gave Winnie to the London zoo.

Christopher used to love the bear, and called his own teddy bear after it, thus inspired Milne to write about Pooh Bear. In the first chapter of Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne offers this explanation of why Winnie-the-Pooh is often called simply "Pooh": "But his arms were so stiff ... they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think - but I am not sure - that that is why he is always called Pooh."

The home of the Milnes, Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, is close to the Five Hundred Acre Wood - and includes some of the locations mentioned in the book, such as the Enchanted Place - and was described as the fictional "Hundred Acre Wood".

But Milnes books were written for children to understand the shift away from make believe play to school, and do not give them any nasty nightmare's or promises, but to help them develop in a healthy way. It is not supposed to be believed, but understood.

The Bible by contrast, is a book designed to prevent children's minds from developing into a questioning mind, by retaining the superstition ideas, and filling them with images of fear and reward - at a point in their development when they are not equipped to handle this shift. Thus it is not supposed to be understood, but simply believed.

Answer 3

The main difference seems to be that the bible actually claims that it's the truth. Not so with Winnie the Pooh. Do I believe the bible's claim? Not at all. Paul was a liar and a charlatan. But it's still a critical difference.

Answer 4

Star for liking Pooh bear to the bible.

Answer 5

Winnie the Pooh is a wimp. Christopher John should toughen that bear up. Anywho, I'm all about Tigger. He's like, awesome.

Answer 6

Au contraire, I do believe every word of Winnie the Pooh. But just like the Bible, I believe it needs to be interpreted if it is to have real meaning.

"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?"
"What's for breakfast? said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?"
"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet.
Pooh nodded thoughtfully.
"It's the same thing," he said.

Answer 7

Because I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me...

EDIT: LMAO and big kudos to David C for his concept of the Anti-Pooh created in the image of the devil that is Disney ;oD

Answer 8

Ah, Pooh Bear, one of the greatest philosophers ever.

Answer 9

why would you build a strong faith to a pant-less talking bear who cant even spell the word "honey" right

Get a rock and put it on the a box and shake it real good maybe a gold will come out

Answer 10

I'm more of an "Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass" kind of person.