The Fairy Tale Analogy

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Destruction brings more of the same. Time for change.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

When I approach you in a different place or time, it’s of no concern to you. I might worry about the difference in my routine and discipline, but you remind me that you have a unique take on all of that. In truth, it might not be such a matter of importance to you if I seek the encounter or not. It happens according to your ways even if I don’t seek it. You will
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“I’m telling you, people, now that the flood’s over, beachfront property is the way to go.”

[Not what He taught about where to build houses.]

D. Blog: Fairy Tale Analogies

A man on the radio spoke of those who are like Chicken Little, people who try to frighten us into responding to threats: nuclear war, overpopulation, limited natural resources, diminishing oil supply, global warming, terrorism, disappearing species, human extinction.

His these was that we humans have a psychological tendency and need to create such threats. I turned off the radio at that point. These threats are not imaginary, figments of our neurotic impulses.

The fairy tale analogy I suggest is not Chicken Little, but the Three Little Pigs. The threats don’t represent misapprehensions of reality. They are all too real, much more like the big bad wolf readying to huff and puff and blow our house down. And too many of us delude ourselves into thinking our lives of straw and sticks can withstand that terrible force when it comes.