> [Paco] > 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.. > > [Arlo] > I'm not sure if you are arguing this point, or simply saying that the > Christian believes this to be true, but this is the fallacy of > exclusion I was referring to; namely that the "Jesus story" (as with > any and all other particular stories) alone does NOT enable > comprehensive understanding of the meaning of life and its > possibilities. That adherents believe it does is a malady we can lay > at the feet of the "priests". No one would ever argue that a > comprehensive understanding of life and its possibilities could be > derived from one Cezanne, and the same applies to any particular > myth-narrative. This is not to say there is not a wealth of metaphor > and meaning in the "Jesus story", but that no narrative can ever be > "all-inclusive". One finger can never point the way all by itself. > And to get caught up in that, to focus on one finger, is exactly the > problem with exoteric, or literal, reads of myth.
I presume the same applies to the myths of science and so called "critical thinking" taught by academics. Platt 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/
