I recently had a conversation with a self proclaimed “truth seeker” pertaining to the existence of god. His theory is one that falls in line with the pluralistic tide recently sweeping across the nation. This postmodern formulation of god can best be articulated through a commonly known analogy.

There are five blind men and an elephant standing in a room. Each man is reaching out and attempting to describe the contours of a specific part of that elephant. One man may state that the he feels something long, hard, and cylindrical with a bit of curvature coming to a defined point. Another man describes something that is also cylindrical; however, it is pliable with a pronounced hole at the end. This analogy goes on until all five men have depicted different parts of the same animal.

Of course they are blindly unaware of the correlating factors in their seemingly unrelated descriptions. As you may have noticed the elephant in this analogy is god while the five men represent the totality of world religions.

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More than likely it is safe to assume that if you are reading this blog, then you are already aware of Arizona’s controversial immigration legislation and the subsequent firestorm it has caused. However, for those who may not be familiar with the story, Arizona’s Senate bill 1070 stipulates that  it is a crime to reside in Arizona as an illegal immigrant, and that law enforcement has the right to demand proof of legal residence of those suspected of having illegal immigrant status. Bill 1070 was signed on April 23, 2010 and is set to be enacted on July 29, 2010. In a time when political correctness occasionally supersedes judiciousness, it is important that we develop a rational understanding of this bill and the way it will actually be enforced.

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