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What is the moral of this story?

A theist and an atheist are friends. They respect each other and are not teasing each other on other’s belief. One day they went on a walk and there was a small temple on a country side. Theist went inside the temple and the atheist was standing outside the temple.

Limping out of the temple, the theist came out after had a small cut from a piece of glass inside the temple. Small amount of blood came out. In the meantime the atheist got a fifty rupee note on the wayside.

The atheist made a comment that by not going to worship he was awarded. He added that by going to worship the theist got the cut in one of his legs.

The theist gave the explanation in a different way. He said that he was destined for a major accident that time and since he was inside the temple he got a minor incident only. He added that the atheist friend could have got a fortune then and due to not worshiping God he got only a small token amount.

Both are right in their belief and returned with out any further argument because they respect each other.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favourite answer

    Friendship comes from tolerance, acceptance, and respect.

    I wonder how many people are going to argue over which friend is right?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Moral in the form of another short story?

    With a view to educating illiterate people the ill on the effects of Drinking, a demonstration was arranged for; in a glass containing Whisky, some worms were dropped. After a few minutes all the worms died. Thinking that the message has reached the the villagers,t the Demonstrator asked the villagers how they felt. One of the villagers stood out and said ,"if I take whisky worms, if any, in my stomach will die and i need not take any other medicine.

    Now tell me who is right!

  • Naguru
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    "Lalata likhitha rekha parimarthum na sakhyathe".

    There are three things. We can described all the happening in the universe in these three categories. (1) Prathyaksham (directly visible); (2) Sookshmam (invisible or subtle) and (3) Karanam (Cause or Effect).

    While we can easily know about visible things, it is difficult to know about the invisible things. But behind everything, there is a reason.

    We generally have a feeling that we are controlled by only known forces. But we are constantly controlled, or protected by invisible forces. The life's purpose is know such secrets.

    Source(s): 0wn
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    HAHA thats a sturdy tale, i fairly loved studying it. in truth the Dean wanted to be certain if their tale replaced into authentic and would tournament up with one yet another's memories. So i guess the moral replaced into to no longer lie because you never recognize what issues will arise from the aftermath of those lies.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Sir, the actual situation that makes the sceptics to doubt religious beliefs and metaphysical phenomena in general is the way the Protagonists and their followers conduct themselves..

    God is most merciful and just say the Protagonists but add that the Almighty rewards those who adore Him as the Saviour.. over those who could be virtuous but not believe in His overlordship..!! The qualities of justice and mercy are not evident in this bias to the so called Beliver over the Virtuous non Belivers.. (I put so called because most of the Believers are not followers of even 50% messages of their Prophets and simply make an easy declaration of acceptance of Saviourhood..etc)

    The Believer in the parable is shown as reading into the destinies of individuals which makes it difficult to digest. For average believers have no such capacity and your story does not state he was special in any way. But actual story told by elders is that a saint who they met and posed the contradictory rewards told them with his knowledge of Prasna technique how they happened to meet with the freak situations.

    But you should realize that it is a public site and even among the believers who may visit, the theory of Law of karma would not be shared by western religious followers. So they would not like to give find any moral from this story!!

    To sum up, it is too elementary for Hindu believers and too far fetched to the antagonists of Hindu philosophy who abound in this site..!!

    Even cruel and unbelieving people like Angulimala and Ratnakara (who later became saint Valmiki) were turned into great saints in the right time. So we need not propagate any theory to rope in sceptics. They would be redeemed in the right time. But those who need to be reformed are the part time devotees who do little to refine their lives except for engaging in ritualistic worships..

  • 1 decade ago

    i feel everyone has their own opinion, i feel when u believe in lord will always protect us like a mother who is always behind the child taking care of each and every moments that is what a pious man has got hurt,he would have Held up in a big hurt he is been saved by a small hurt the man who wanted to get a reward of lacs has got only few rupees.when ever u r nearer to lord he wil take care of us and v need not worry . "wt a yogi has brought it is for him and wt a jogi has brought it is for jogi."

  • 1 decade ago

    The moral here is simple.Both theists and atheists are to be left in piece and to their own lifestyles and personal desires.Their friendship,described in the anecdote,is really rare,so no moral of them getting friends should be taken(unless they want to be,which,again ,is extremely rare).Your anecdote is very useful,yet not practical in our times,dear author

  • 1 decade ago

    The moral is "mutual respect and prevention of unnecessary arguments is the key to peace".

    However there is nothing spiritual in the story and

    both of them are just trying to console in their own ways.

  • Oberon
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    i think the moral is that while people may disagree on religious ideals, both are right. Both have beliefs that work for them, and benefit them.

    Religion and beliefs are personal. Each will gain what each needs, based upon their view of the world and ideals.

    i may be incorrect on this. i have yet to have my first cup of coffee, so my brain is running on auto-pilot. at any rate, this is what i take away from this.

  • 1 decade ago

    The moral of the story is to never underestimate the power of superstition.

    It permeated the thinking of both the theist and the atheist alike.

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