--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The days of claiming ignorance are over. With > information available all > around us, it is sheer laziness for us not to go out > and 'eat of the tree > of Knowledge' to form our own opinions.
An excerpt from http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/columns/jackmcardle/comehere/19.asp If the unborn baby could think, it would be terrified of dying, because it is moving out of the only world it knows. Once there were twin boys in their mother's womb. After some time, they became aware of the cord, and, after further discussion and examination, they decided that their mother must really love them, because she was sharing her very life with them. Some time further on, they became aware of changes occurring in themselves. They noticed tiny nails appearing on their fingers; they noticed little eye-brows, eyelashes, etc. They wondered what this could mean. Then one of them suggested that they may be getting ready to be born. The other little guy cringed, and said "I don't want to be born. I want to stay where I am." "But we have to be born", said the other little guy. "We cannot stay here all our lives." "How do you know there's any life after this? Have you ever seen any one that was born? Did any of them ever come back to tell us what it's like?" "There just has to be life after this. If this is it, it makes no sense at all. I honestly believe that we are here preparing for the next stage, whatever that will be." "But how do you know there's a mother? What does she look like? Have you ever seen her? I bet you we only invented her for our own security." And so, the argument went back and forth. One was already a little atheist, while the other was a man of faith, which, in simple English, meant that he believed something, but had proof for nothing! And finally the time came, and they were born. When it was safe to do so, they opened their eyes, and found themselves looking up into the face of their mother. They looked at each other, as if to say "Weren't we very foolish. There was no way we could ever have imagined what this was going to be like. It is now obvious that we had to be born to get an idea." And so it is with us, now. We can argue and argue till the cows come home, but we will really have to pass through the next birth before we'll have any idea what it's all about. Cheers, Gabriel. ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Never miss an Instant Message - Yahoo! Messenger for SMS http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mweb/index.html