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Title: A story...
Description: In lieu of the recent debates on God...


Severian - June 15, 2005 02:26 AM (GMT)
Ok, here's a story for everyone. It's kinda like that "God helps those who help themselves" kind of thing, but it does go a little deeper. It's a variation on a story Buddha told once.

A man was shot by a poisoned arrow. A priest approached him.

The man asked him, "Please, before I die, tell me, Father...Is there really a God?"

The priest quickly removed the arrow and treated the wound.

He then told the man, "If I had taken the time to answer your question, you would have died".

In the original version, a doctor comes, and the man wants to know who shot him...but I rewrote it slightly cuz I think it's a little more straightforward. If anyone has heard it and think I ruined it, that's fine.

Silenthunder - June 15, 2005 03:06 AM (GMT)
I'm not quite positive that I fully understand your point.

Karn - June 15, 2005 03:19 AM (GMT)
Basically it means, if you spend all of your days questioning life, you will not experience life to the fullest. Ironically I'm the questioning type.

Severian - June 16, 2005 01:14 AM (GMT)
Ya. Not that you can't ask questions...but if you spend all your time wondering about life's mysteries, you might find yourself idling away all your time.

I actually question a lot too, but I try to keep myself under control enough to get work done when I need to and stuff.

Final Rose - June 16, 2005 01:21 AM (GMT)
I'm more of a fan of the "Go where fate guides you" kinda man. Not that I don't do my part in helping me get there.




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