>[Paco] However, these art forms, as all art forms, fail to express the whole.
>[Arlo] This is my ongoing point, and central to my criticism of "theism" (whose particular narratives I've likened to paintings, to get across the idea). Where WE fail as people is to recognize the limited view resulting from privileging or making exclusive one work of art. One can, for example, learn a great deal about the human condition from reading Dostoevsky, but would we ever insist one limit oneself to reading nothing else? And I am not even talking other "great literature", such as Yoskikawa or Twain, but also the, ahem, "lesser" forms like graphic novels (Spiegelman) or comics (Schultz or Watterson). This is my point. "Theism" is one response to the Mythos, painting, sculpting, dancing, illustrated novels, comics, symphonies, drum circles and rock concerts are others. Paco: YES, one response. The Christian holds on to the bible story from Genesis to Revelation, with the Jesus Story as its core, is "inclusive myth" that enables comprehensive understanding of the meaning of life and its possibilities; that provides guidelines for sound humane living; that includes and transcends; that honors what should be honored and rejects what should be rejected in context of love of neighbor; that the Jesus Story (of minstry, death, resurrection and promise to come again) is more than myth -- it happened litertally, historically; that this story is of very very high intellectual-social value.Are there other such inclusive myths? Will better ones happen? Now how people live according to the Jesus Story is another matter. Jesus! How many sins have been committed in thy name! I think MoQ can help critique quality of living and the quality of responses to Mythos. May Yahweh bless you and keep you! May Yahweh let his face shine on you, and be gracious to you! May Yahweh look kindly on you, and give you his peace! (Num. 6:24-26) Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
