Christianity could be a higher order way of organizing lives

[OngBonga]

Can I just organise my life around Aesop's fables? They have a lot of morality in them and are a lot easier to get through than the Bible.

http://www.taleswithmorals.com/

Wasn't the hare and the tortoise one of his? Load of bollocks. What's the moral of that story? Don't go to sleep a few meters from the end of the race just because you're miles ahead? I tell you what, anyone who needs to learn that lesson should learn the fucking hard way instead of being taught about a race between two poorly matched animals.

I'd prefer a boxing match between a midget and a giant, where the giant turns his back and starts playing to the crowd, so the midget stabs him in the back of the neck. THAT'S a fucking story.

[Poopadoop]

Wasn't the hare and the tortoise one of his? Load of bollocks. What's the moral of that story? Don't go to sleep a few meters from the end of the race just because you're miles ahead? I tell you what, anyone who needs to learn that lesson should learn the fucking hard way instead of being taught about a race between two poorly matched animals.

I'f prefer a boxing match between a midget and a giant, where the giant turns his back and starts playing to the crowd, so the midget stabs him in the back of the neck. THAT'S a fucking story.

The great thing about these stories is you can flesh out the basic plot line any way you like and people will go 'aaah, what a story'. Religion and Hollywood have known this for years.

[BananaStand]

What's the moral of that story? Don't go to sleep a few meters from the end of the race just because you're miles ahead?

I thought the moral of that story was "slow and steady wins the race". In other words, don't be discouraged at a lack of immediate success. Keep grinding, stick to the plan, one step at a time, don't worry about what other people are doing, etc etc etc.

It's about the tortoise, not the hare. In your interpretation, the lesson is "If you have superior ability, crush your opponent in embarrassing fashion". You might be confusing Aesop with Sun Tzu

[MadMojoMonkey]

It's about the tortoise, not the hare. In your interpretation, the lesson is "If you have superior ability, crush your opponent in embarrassing fashion". You might be confusing Aesop with Sun Tzu

Ha. Good one.
(No sarcasm. That made me laugh)

[OngBonga]

I thought the moral of that story was "slow and steady wins the race". In other words, don't be discouraged at a lack of immediate success. Keep grinding, stick to the plan, one step at a time, don't worry about what other people are doing, etc etc etc.

It's about the tortoise, not the hare. In your interpretation, the lesson is "If you have superior ability, crush your opponent in embarrassing fashion". You might be confusing Aesop with Sun Tzu

Slow and steady wins the race? No it didn't, the only reason tortoise won is because the hare was dicking about. If it's about the tortoise and not the hare, it's even more dumb than I remember.

Don't give up, because even though your rival is vastly superior, he might be a moron. /moral

[Poopadoop]

Slow and steady wins the race? No it didn't, the only reason tortoise won is because the hare was dicking about. If it's about the tortoise and not the hare, it's even more dumb than I remember.

Don't give up, because even though your rival is vastly superior, he might be a moron. /moral

Lol. Well, the tortoise could have just said 'Fuck it, i'll never win against the hare' and taken a nap himself. Then he would have lost. Point is, he couldn't anticipate what the hare's performance would be, but he was never going to win if he didn't try.

Also, the tortoise is an idiot for agreeing to that race in the first place, and sometimes idiots win. So another moral is to take heart if you're an idiot because being an idiot doesn't guarantee failure.

Finally, the hare's hubris cost him because he accepted a contest that had no upside for him. If he beats the tortoise, everyone just shrugs and goes 'Yeah no shit you won, you're a hare and he's a tortoise. So what?' But if he loses, he looks like a total dickass. All his hare buddies probably trolled him relentlessly after that, as did the rest of the animals in the forest. 'Hahahaha, you lost to a tortoise? Fail!"

A lot of lessons for a 30 second story. If it was in the Bible, the race would be preceded by three pages of "the hare begot another hare, who begot another, and so on...". And then after the race the hare's buddies would stone the tortoise or some shit.