Myth (General)

by David Turell , Friday, August 19, 2011, 19:22 (4845 days ago) @ dhw

I'm with you when it comes to holy books, although even these could be read intelligently as literature with subtle meanings rather than as explicit directions for currying favor with the head honcho so as to get invited to the big hereafter.[/i]
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> "The main area of weakness, to my mind, is the lack of attempts to distinguish the fine line that lies between the end of myth and the beginning of unassailable facts. This is the major problem for those who take the earliest documents into account, such as the biblical history in Genesis....... Even that supposed bastion of rationality, science, has been shown, in the realms of cosmology at least, and, recently, global warming, to be nothing better than a religion, with its own brand of inquisition to suppress unbelievers. So it is not just concerning the dim and distant past that we need always to be aware that we must actively seek the line between myth and fact."-Another commentary on science, religion and myth, as presented in the Bible, both OT and NT. "Orthodox Christians broadly agree about how to read the gospels. But there is no consensus about how to read Genesis."...."We see rival theological commitments, rival understandings of how to read Genesis."-http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903596904576514580247803932.html?KEYWORDS=John+Wilson