Train compartment. There are two people in the compartment, a rural priest and a nervous intellectual with glasses.
It is difficult to say how the dispute about faith between the priest and the representative of universal human values began. It seems like with “you’re just an obscurantist, father!” And in general, they say, it’s not good to fool old ladies.
But the “obscurantist” in the cassock is surprisingly calm.
The intellectual states:
- What difference does it make whether I believe in God or not?! For example, when I'm lying on the operating table and a doctor is standing next to me with a scalpel, does it really matter whether I believe him or not?
Father nods his head in agreement:
- You gave a very good example. He proves that a person cannot live without faith.
- Really? — The intellectual is sincerely surprised.
- Of course. (father)
- Excuse me, but where is faith in my example?
- In the most important thing.
- Well, where is it?... (intellectual)
- Don’t you understand?
Father is not so simple. He smiles softly and condescendingly.
“Okay, let's start over,” says the intellectual. - So, I’m lying on the operating table, and next to me is a doctor with a scalpel in his hands...
“A man in a white robe, with a knife,” the priest corrects. - You haven’t seen his diploma.
“Let him be a man in a white coat with a knife,” the intellectual agrees. - Now explain to me where and what is my faith?
- It's very simple. Do you believe that a man in a white coat, with a knife in his hands, is still a doctor...
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru