tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797034330399726254.post240099901370943774..comments2023-07-22T19:09:38.803+10:00Comments on post supportMIKE: But aren’t all religions the same? Part 1mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03321272459192364067noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797034330399726254.post-13818651193625099702008-04-14T19:28:00.000+10:002008-04-14T19:28:00.000+10:00The elephant illustration is quite a well known on...The elephant illustration is quite a well known one, where there are several blind men each trying to identify what this thing is, based only on what they can feel. One feels a leg and says that it's a tree, another grasps the trunk and says it's a snake, yet another feels the ear and claims it's a fan etc, while all along it's just an elephant. I came across this again while reading Don Carson's book, The Gagging of God (I'm reasonably sure I read it there, but it may have been elsewhere).<BR/><BR/>He notes the 'exclusive' position of the outside observer of this scene. How does the person who's watching it all and giving this argument actually KNOW that there is an elephant there? What outside information do they have? How do they even know what an elephant IS? Are they not blind too? Can they somehow see something that all the other religions fail to see?<BR/><BR/>In actual fact, they are claiming that their view of 'reality' is superior to that of all other religions, which indeed is "a big call".Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09754444133306607071noreply@blogger.com