Sunday, April 14, 2024

Orthoducksy or Orthopraxy?

There is a story attributed to Soren Kierkegard, the 19th century
Danish religious philosopher, about a town where only ducks live.

There was a little town of Ducks. Every Sunday the ducks waddle out of their houses and waddle down Main Street to their church. 

They waddle into the sanctuary and squat in their proper pews. The duck choir waddles in and takes it place, then the duck minister comes forward and opens the duck Bible (Ducks, like all other creatures on earth, seem to have their own special version of the Scriptures.) 

The duck-minister reads to them: “Ducks! God has given you wings! With wings you can fly! With wings you can mount up and soar like eagles. No walls can confine you! No fences can hold you! You have wings. God has given you wings and you can fly like birds!” 

All the ducks shouted “Amen!” And they all waddled home.