Most of us have heard the story of the blind men and the elephant. One feels its trunk and says the elephant must be like a snake, another feels its ear and says the elephant must be like a fan, a third feels its side and says the elephant must be like a wall, etc. Each is right to a certain extent, but none of them can put the descriptions together to make a coherent animal.
The story is often used to show how each religion has a part of the truth but can't see how they all fit together. What the story never tells, though, is that there has to be an independent observer who sees everything to even know there's an elephant there. That's the position secularism has assigned itself.
In effect, its role in the story is to tell the blind men that they're all right but there's no such thing as an elephant.
It's just unbridled arrogance to place yourself in judgment not only of religious beliefs but of the very existence of God. It's essentially saying that God can only be the second smartest being in existence, because he's only there because you allow it. That's the kind of hubris that got Satan kicked out of Heaven.
No comments:
Post a Comment