Saturday, 11 May 2024

Atheist and a Monk Short story 1

 An Atheist and a Monk were travelling together in train

Monk: Hi, nice to see you

Atheist: Thank you, nice to see you

Monk: Where are you heading to?

Atheist: I am going to the Temple City 

Monk: Nice coincidence. I am also going to the temple City

Atheist: Ok

Monk: When is your time for Darshan of the Deity?

Atheist: I am not going the place to see the deity. I won't go either. I am going to audit the finances of the temple administration.

Monk: Ok nice. But still, you can have darshan of the deity.

Atheist: I am not interested, A simple question? The deity needs people to manage it, needs an administration, a temple, lot of people to protect it. It needs an auditor like me to see whether the finances are ok. It cannot protect itself; how can it protect me. 

Monk: ok

Atheist: All these things are done by people to earn money. The Priests, the Government, the normal public, all are interested to earn money. As, Money is more powerful

Monk: Said nothing and stood up and took a coin from his pocket and threw it outside the building.  

Atheist: Are you insane? You have thrown away money 

Monk: I was validating your statement, " Money is more Powerful"

But Money is not powerful enough, it couldn't save itself when I threw it. 

MOney needs money, administration, buildings, banks, almirah, etc to save it itself. 

Do you still think Money is powerful?