RE: Dick Fisher's "historical basis" remains no less doubtful

a couple of comments below:

>>> "Don Perrett" donperrett@genesisproclaimed.org> 11/20/2004 10:44:03
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Concerning "pain", does anyone have knowledge or evidence to suggest
that other species can feel pain on an emotional level? I realize that
many other species may feel pain on a physical level. Even a cat cries
out during child birth, but do they have any long lasting emotional
consequences of it? Humans of course have memories of such events on an
emotional level and as a result may fear situations where pain is
anticipated (i.e. anxiety).
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CWC
is there any reason to think that animals are so fundamentally
different that they DON'T experience this? To me, the fallback, logical
starting position would be "yes, they experience emotional pain", and it
would have to be shown instead that it were not the case. I think there
are numerous animals have much more intelligence than we give them
credit for (e.g., the famous Border Collie that made an issue of
'Science' earlier this year for learning words associated with objects
by process of elimination).
 
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While I would agree that at the very least most parts of Genesis 2 are
figurative, they may not necessarily be mythological. The serpent even
in Egyptian mythology is considered the opposition to Ra (the sun god).
Where the sun god and YHWH are considered good, Lucifer and the serpent
are considered evil. Evil does exist and so does Lucifer. As for
whether he is in fact a serpent, doubtful. Would this then be mythology
or just a metaphor?
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CWC
what's the difference between myth and metaphor? all mythology is
metaphor. I suppose not all metaphors are mythology, but when
discussing Christian scriptures, why should we care to make such
distinctions? are we just uncomfortable with the word 'myth'?
 
Best,
Charles
 
 
 
 
 
Received on Mon Nov 22 13:04:33 2004