A couple of metaphors...
September 9, 2013 at 2:58 pm
(This post was last modified: September 9, 2013 at 3:17 pm by Beta Ray Bill.)
1.
What would give you a better book report grade? Reading the book, or just keeping the book closed and having someone, who only skimmed through the book, tell you what they think the story is about?
2.
A farmer walks out into his yard, and finds his cat torn to pieces. Angered, he looks around to see who or what could have done this. He soon finds his blood-and-fur covered dog chasing after another cat. The farmer grabs the dog, spanks him, then throws him into the kennel for a week as punishment.
A second farmer is sitting on his back porch cleaning his shot gun. His cat comes frantically running around the house. His dog is in hot pursuit. Right in front of the farmer, the dog catches the cat and begins tearing it to pieces. The farmer watches the entire skirmish, but stays sitting on the porch, cleaning his gun. Once the dog is done, the farmer says "I'm gonna punish you for that later!" Then he keeps wiping his gun while the dog runs off looking for another cat.
Which farmer was more right?
What would give you a better book report grade? Reading the book, or just keeping the book closed and having someone, who only skimmed through the book, tell you what they think the story is about?
2.
A farmer walks out into his yard, and finds his cat torn to pieces. Angered, he looks around to see who or what could have done this. He soon finds his blood-and-fur covered dog chasing after another cat. The farmer grabs the dog, spanks him, then throws him into the kennel for a week as punishment.
A second farmer is sitting on his back porch cleaning his shot gun. His cat comes frantically running around the house. His dog is in hot pursuit. Right in front of the farmer, the dog catches the cat and begins tearing it to pieces. The farmer watches the entire skirmish, but stays sitting on the porch, cleaning his gun. Once the dog is done, the farmer says "I'm gonna punish you for that later!" Then he keeps wiping his gun while the dog runs off looking for another cat.
Which farmer was more right?
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
- Buddha
"Anyone wanting to believe Jesus lived and walked as a real live human being must do so despite the evidence, not because of it."
- Dennis McKinsey
- Buddha
"Anyone wanting to believe Jesus lived and walked as a real live human being must do so despite the evidence, not because of it."
- Dennis McKinsey
