At 11:31 PM 5/21/98 -0700, Greg Billock wrote:
>Glenn,
>> then was Jesus great...great-grandfathered by a mythological being? Does
>
>Sooner than that! As the Messiah, Jesus' *father* is God. (This was
>probably true for all the Israelite kings.)
>
So God is mythical? Why believe anything about Christianity, or any other
religion?
>This is probably getting
>a bit off-topic, though....perhaps we should continue off-screen.
Actually, I would prefer to continue on list for one reason. The
young-earthers here need to know that I do hold to a similar view of
historicity as they do. they don't always believe this.
[list of things not to be literalized snipped.]
Greg, looking at the list, I wonder why one would want to study or believe
a book that was so wrong about what it said, other than as a historical
curiosity. Surely a book which is so erroneous historically can have no
claim on my life or anyone else's either.
>Of course, this doesn't mean mythology has no historical basis. (The
>case of Mt. Mazama in the Northwest is a good example.) I take it
>to mean, though, that the message of the story is primarily mythological,
>or theological, and not primarily historical.
That is fine but who creates the mythology, God or man? If it is man made,
what possible relevance should it have for me if it is merely man made
myth? Should I change my behavior for man made myth?
glenn
Adam, Apes and Anthropology
Foundation, Fall and Flood
& lots of creation/evolution information
http://www.isource.net/~grmorton/dmd.htm