S///R///W/B Mythless Patterns
MalignD at aol.com
MalignD at aol.com
Wed Sep 27 12:24:35 CDT 2000
<< This list is sofa king mean. Why identify an apparent weak spot in Doug
M's argument and than proceed to assault his person?>>
Because he asks for it.
<<Ironic, I think, because it is not Doug or Christianity that is to blame
for so much of the horror that TRP portrays, but it is the denial of myth.
Joseph Campbell said, "we are losing our myths", TRP shows …etc.>>
Joseph Campbell once noted that religion is misunderstood myth and that myth
is someone else's religion. The points you make in your post are somewhat
beside the point. Use of myth abounds in GR, of course, and myths are free
to interpretation; that has little to do with insisting on a dogmatic and
absolutist Christian interpretation.
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