Irrational
vs Rational
Mother:
god
has been grateful, your grandfather is out of danger
Son:
Mummy,
is it not the Doctor who did the surgery? Are you not supposed to thank the Doctor?
Mother:
Don't
talk like that.
Son starred at his mother for a while and left the
room.
After few months the grandfather died
Mother:
Doctor
should have done a better Diagnosis
Son:
Was
God on a holiday this time, when grandpa was admitted in the hospital?
Mother:
This
is too much, this is not the way you should talk
Son:
Mummy
you are absolutely irrational, first time when doctor saved the life you gave
credit to your god, now you are cursing the doctor. This is not fair
Mother:
god
will punish you
Son:
If
he exists let him do that
When terrorist killed children in the name of god,
he did not punish them.
When priests sexually assaulted children in the
place of worship, he did not punish them
When politicians use him to divide people, he did
not punish them.
“Now
you tell me, What crime have I committed to be punished? Mummy think before you
talk”
Mother was stunned for a while
After
few months
Father came on a vacation and placed a bounded holy
book on the table in front of the family and said we should take rounds to read
this and live by the words of god.
Son turned towards his mother, she asked her husband
- Will this book teach us how to think rationally?
Husband:
How
dare you question the words of the god.
She smiled and said " if religion cannot reduce
anger and if your god cannot punish the wrong doers, why should we follow this
irrational man-made stuff"
Husband:
"why are behaving like this?"
Wife:
you
should ask, why I didn't behave like this?
Husband was silent
Mother
& son placed a book written by Richard Dawkins - God the Delusion
M.L.
Narendra Kumar
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