> > > Steve said: > If you are willing to allow that all theism may not be bad, then we have no > disagreement. I just wonder then what all the ranting was about. > > > dmb says: > > The difference between "not necessarily evil" and "not bad", is vast. "Not > bad" is a weak version of "good" and that's a bit too generous. There is at > least one bad aspect about theism no matter what kind of theism it is. You > know what it is? It's the theism part of theism that's bad. Why, you ask?... >
Steve: MLK? > > Steve said: > Campbell's assertion that the issue that unites and divides the two is > reading myths as history rather than as metaphor. But can't an atheist read > myth as metaphor and still be an atheist? In fact, isn't that exactly what > Campbell was like? And can't a theist read the scripture of his own > tradition as metaphor and deny all attempts by others to turn his religious > symbols into bad science and bad history? I agree with Campbell that this is > frequently the case, but must it always be the case? > > dmb says: > > No, by definition, a theist cannot read myth as metaphor. Theism is the > belief in God as God, not as metaphor. I think it was Campbell who said > "religion is a misunderstanding of mythology". > > Steve: I doubt Campbell ever said such a thing to condemn all religion. I never got the sense that the guy was anti-religion in the least. Perhaps you are referring to him saying something like "mythology is what we tend to call other people's religion." (That is not a direct quote, but he referred to that sort of way of thinking about mythology somewhere.) Best, Steve 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/
