Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on July 10, 2008, at 23:22:46
In reply to Christianity and History, posted by Sigismund on July 2, 2008, at 17:49:26
> This is from "Straw Dogs".
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> I hope nobody is offended.
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> "If we truly leave Christianity behind, we must give up the idea that human history has a meaning. Neither in the ancient pagan world nor in any other culture has human history ever been thought to have an overarching significance. In Greece and Rome, it was a series of natural cycles of growth and decline. In India it was a collecive dream, endlessly repeated. The idea that history must make sense is just a Christian prejudice."
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> You find that interesting?
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> I don't quite understand it.An interesting quote here from my days of grieving. Losing somebody you love may be compared on some level to losing something historical, an idea, a thought, etc.
When you lose the past, the future makes no sense. And that is exactly how I felt, and still partly feel to this day. Once again, I think we where given the deep capacity to remember, learn, and rationalize and theorize on history. Hence, it must serve a purpose.
Maybe I am getting off track here.sorry. But what does bother me is that we take the art of story-telling, which is what all history is, and make it literal. We dont think of all of the subjective things the story-teller may have been influenced by. The Scriptures and the Koran come to mind.IMHOetc
Jay
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