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By Bruce Malone
www.SearchForTheTruth.org

Parables are stories about familiar things that illustrate a deeper meaning. The following parable has its roots in modern man's search for the origin of life. In an isolated jungle of South America there lived a primitive tribe of natives. One day as a member of the tribe was hunting in unknown territory, he stumbled upon the wreckage of a wrecked airplane. A debate over the origin of the strange object soon raged - where did this object come from and how did it get here? The village soon polarized into two opposing viewpoints.

One opinion was that the subject was built by humans (the skeleton of one was found inside of the object) while others believed the object must have a natural origin. To believe it was created would acknowledge an intelligence surpassing their own. Those believing that the airplane was designed and built by other intelligent humans argued that this was obvious but could not prove how, why, or when. All attempts to explain how, why, or when which were not based on a belief in random natural processes, were severely ridiculed. They soon became silent.

Those believing in the natural origin of the object strengthened his argument by showing that the same rubber-like substance found in the tires could be found oozing from trees. Likewise the glass, paint, and fluids in the structure could be shown to occur naturally. By throwing one of the screws into the air with just the right spinning motion and catching it in just the right place. It was agreed amongst themselves that given enough time, the structure could have built itself (although the exact mechanism was not yet known). Even more convincing evidence was forthcoming as the deterioration structure was repaired and the parts rearranged.

A huge project was started to map, catalogue, and understand every piece of the structure. All of these observations confirmed to them primitive natives that they had been correct in their understanding of the natural origin of the object. Those stubborn few that continued to believe other intelligent people created the object were considered backward and ignorant. They were ignored, and village schools were organized so that all the children would be taught only naturalistic scientific explanation. Within several generations there was no longer any dissension because only the majority opinion was allowed. And the mystery remained solved… until the builder of the airplane returned.

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