They each touched only a part of the elephant.
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Not familiar with that. Not sure that elephants were mentioned in the New Testament.
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They each touched only a part of the elephant.
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Each man only understand a part
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The Blind Men and The Elephant story teaches that faith often involves perceiving the truth from different perspectives. Each blind man touched a different part of the elephant and described it based on their limited experience, highlighting the importance of humility and openness in understanding faith. Just like the blind men needed to collaborate to form a complete picture of the elephant, individuals with diverse perspectives can come together to deepen their understanding of faith.
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The story of the elephant and the blind men is a traditional Indian fable, and its origin is attributed to various sources within Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain literature. It is often used to illustrate the concept of relativism and the idea that different perspectives can lead to different truths.
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"The blind man and the elephant is a metaphor that shows how
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In John Godfrey Saxe's "The Blind Men and the Elephant," each man touches a different part of the elephant (such as the trunk, tusk, or tail) and forms a limited understanding of the animal based on their individual experience. The poem serves as a metaphor for how different perspectives can lead to incomplete truths.
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None of the men actually experienced these things; they just thought they had.
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Don't discuss something you've never fully "seen"
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It's a poem called "The Blind Men and the Elephant". It starts out "It was six men of Industan to learning much inclined/who went to see the elephant though each of them was blind." It's by John Godfrey Saxe. See attached link. Many versions exist of it in prose forms.
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W. Robert Tirman has written:
'The elephant and the blind men' -- subject(s): High definition television
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Each man has the wrong idea about the elephant as they are blind and feel the different parts of the elephant's body.
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In the story, the elephant represents how different perspectives can lead to incomplete understanding. Each blind man touches a different part of the elephant (tusk, trunk, ear, etc.) and describes it based on their limited experience, but none can fully comprehend the whole creature. This teaches the lesson that we should be open to others' perspectives to gain a more complete understanding of complex issues.
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probably like 2,000 men can lift an elephant but if it were a baby elephant it wuld probably be less : ]
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Not necessarily; it is possible that at least one of them is partially correct.
There is an Indian fable called "The Blind Men and the Elephant"--one blind man feels the elephant's tail and believes that an elephant is like a rope; another one feels the elephant's leg and believes that the elephant is like the trunk of a tree; a third feels the elephant's ear and believes an elephant is like a fan; and the fourth feels the elephant's side and believes the elephant is like a wall.
The point is--they disagree but they are not necessarily wrong.
Think of one traveling near the speed of light and the other standing still.
And while that's extreme, a person in an aircraft will report the time different than one on the ground. That's how GPS works.
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In the fable, the blind man represents narrow-mindedness and the limitations of individual perspective. Just like how the blind man can only perceive a small part of the elephant, people can have limited understanding by only seeing things from their own point of view.
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a elephants toenail... why you asking
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The blind man and the elephant is a metaphor for the idea that individuals may have limited perspectives and understanding, and that truth can be subjective depending on one's viewpoint. It highlights the importance of looking at a situation from different angles to gain a more complete understanding.
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Hank and Lank Blind Men - 1910 was released on:
USA: 20 December 1910
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a version of this rhyme was published in 1609 and was thought to have been written by Thomas Ravenscroft as follows, but the historical significance if difficult to follow Three blinde Mice Three blinde mice Dame lulian Dame lulian the miller and his merry old wife shee scrapte her tripe licke thou the knife
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No, they had one eye. Odysseus and his men ran a pole into the only eye of Polyphemus, so he went blind.
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It is difficult to find references - just about all occurrences of the poem on the Internet only give the author's birth and death year (1816-1887). The only references I found give either 1872 and 1873.
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Paris Precinct - 1955 Two Blind Men 1-6 was released on:
USA: 8 May 1955
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So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!
More often than not people will talk and dispute subjects about which they have absolutely no knowledge.
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An elephant is a large mammal with a long trunk, big ears, and tusks. They have a thick, gray skin and a distinctive body shape with a large, rounded back and four sturdy legs. Size varies between species with the African elephant being larger than the Asian elephant.
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The cast of Blind Men - 1998 includes: Robin Duke Arabella Field Brian Howe as Graham Jay Paulson Wallace Shawn Patrick Warburton
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According to their website,
: Guiding Eyes for the Blind has been providing guide dogs of the highest caliber to blind men and women since 1956.
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No they can't see very well at all. They have very long eyelashes to prevent dust from getting in it's eyes to protect from getting blind. They have very good sence of smell so they use their trunk as their eyes.
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lol they only dress like that cuz it's the 90's! no one is blind from them
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:) Females are better than men. so longer than them.
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the men were in danger because Polyphemus in a blind rage was throwing large boulders at their ship
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I don't know the ratio but I know that men are more likely to become colour blind because women have a backup gene.
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It is not necessary to be able to see to get an erection. Did you never have one in the dark?
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Odysseus and his men blind Polyphemus' by driving a sharpened club into his eye.
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Yes, a blind man can still blink his eyes. Blinking is a natural reflex that helps keep the eyes moist and free from debris, regardless of a person's visual ability.
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