The Bird In The Egg- An argument for faith

Once there was an egg that wouldn't hatch or, to be more precise, there was a bird that refused to hatch out of its egg.
And the birds elder brother, who had already hatched out, said,
"Brother wouldn't you like to come out and see the world?".
"I don't know", replied the bird inside the egg.
"You don't know?", asked the bird who had hatched, confused.
"Yes. I don't know if I would like to see it because I've never seen it", the bird in the egg replied, "Perhaps, once I've seen it, I won't like it".
"But why wouldn't you like it?", asked the bird who had hatched, "It's beautiful".
"So you say", said the bird in the egg, "But how do I know I can trust you. You're just a voice and a voice that I haven't known for very long. You might be lying to me".
"But I'm not lying", said the bird who had hatched, "You have to believe me".
"No I don't", said the bird in the egg, "I have no reason at all to believe you".
"Then how do I convince you?", asked the bird who had hatched.
"I need proof", said the bird in the egg, "Evidence".
"But the only way you can get evidence is by hatching out", said the bird who had hatched, "If you hatch out you'll see how beautiful the world is".
"Thats no good to me", said the bird in the egg, "I need evidence I can see now, not the promise of evidence that I'll see if I trust you".
The bird who had hatched rubbed his beak in thought.
"Well", he said, "You can see your wings can't you?".
"Wings?", asked the bird in the egg, "Are they those things that are wrapped around me?".
"Yes", said the bird who had hatched.
"Yes I can see them", said the bird in the egg, "What about them?".
"Well they're for flying", said the bird who had hatched, "And you can't fly unless you leave the egg".
"You say they're for flying. Whatever that is", said the bird in the egg, "But they might be to wrap around myself to keep me warm".
"True", said the bird who had hatched, "But what about your legs?".
"Are they the things at the front of my face?", asked the bird in the egg.
"No. Those are your eyes", said the bird who had hatched, "Your legs are the things that are sticking out of the bottom of your body".
"Oh yes", said the bird in the egg, "I can see them. What about them?".
"Well they're for standing on and walking with", said the bird who had hatched, "And you can't stand up or walk about unless you hatch out".
"Well you say that they're for standing on and walking with", said the bird in the egg, "But they're also very good for scratching with whenever I have an itch in my feathers. Perhaps thats what they're there for".
The bird who had hatched out sighed.
"There must be some way I can convince you", he thought.
And the hatchling bird really longed to convince his brother in the egg, you see, because though he was free to move around and play, he had no one to play with, even their mother and father, because they were always away searching for food were too busy to play with him.
But then, thinking about the ache of loneliness inside, he had another idea.
"Aren't you hungry?", he said to the bird in the egg.
"Hungry?", asked his unborn brother.
"Yes. You must have eaten all the food within your egg by now", said the bird who had hatched, "Don't you feel a terrible longing in your belly to eat more food".
"Well yes", said the bird in the egg, "I do as a matter of fact. I keep rubbing my belly to try and make it go away but it doesn't seem to work".
"Well then there's food outside the egg", said the bird who had hatched.
"But how do I know theres food outside the egg?", said the bird in the egg, "Just because you say there is".
"Well you don't", said the bird who had hatched, "But isn't it worth taking the risk to make that longing in your stomach go away?".
For a moment there was silence from within the egg as the bird inside thought over his brothers words and then, suddenly, a beak started to break through its shell as the bird inside started to hatch out.
And after the beak came the birds whole head and after the head came the birds long legs and last of all came the birds spreading wings.
"Didn't I tell you it was beautiful?", said the bird who had hatched earlier to his newborn brother.
"Yes", replied the newborn brother looking around and seeing the world with a beak that gasped with wonder, "And you didn't lie".
After that, the older brother shared his food with the younger and they played together happily within the nest and the older brother was not lonely anymore because he had a friend.
But what is the point of this story? Well, the bird didn't hatch out of the egg because he had evidence but because he had a hunger inside that he couldn't fulfill; a longing and so he risked leaving the egg to satisfy that longing. Another longing that people have; another hunger, is a deep spiritual one, a feeling of emptiness inside their heart that may be satisfied by god but in order to find out, they first have to take the risk of believing.