One day a philosopher was standing by a sea shore, when he
suddenly saw a shipwreck. He heard the crew and passenger crying for help, but
the sea drowned them all.
The philosopher was deeply moved to see the agony and
untimely death of so many innocent people. He inveighed against the unfairness
of Providence .
He argued that the Creator is wrong in punishing the entire crew and passengers
for the sake of punishing one offender. While he spoke this, an army of ant
came around and surrounded him.
One of the ants crawled up his foot and stung him. The philosopher
mercilessly crushed the entire ant army under his foot. Just then, God Mercury appeared
and strike him with his wand. The angry God said, ‘You judge and complain about
the action of Providence .
Now tell me what have you done to these ants? You killed the entire army for
punishing one ant that had stung you’.
The philosopher was ashamed of himself and apologized to the
angry God.
No comments :
Post a Comment