A priest did a very nice job of telling this story in his homily a few years back. Then he said the story teaches us that since we as individuals are incapable of gaining a full perspective of the truth, it's a wonderful thing that we have Holy Mother Church, who can show us the truth with authority.
I sent him a rather heated letter, suggesting that perhaps the story teaches that we have to share our perspectives in order to come to a fuller understanding of things, and that perhaps there is no one, complete understanding of truth.
He didn't agree.

I heard him preach a few weeks ago, and he did seem to have relaxed his views a bit. I told him so.
He didn't seem pleased.

-Joe Offer-