(November 2, 2019 at 2:03 pm)EgoDeath Wrote:(November 2, 2019 at 3:29 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: It seems to me that Belacqua has rather been influenced by Joseph Campbell when it comes to religion/ christianity
And there are kinds of Christians who consider themselves to be Campbellian Christians, like Russell Brand is one.
Brand is a pompous douche - especially on the subject of religion. Hes convinced that "theres something" yet considers it arrogant to be an atheist. Strange, right?
I've never read any Joseph Campbell. He was popular when I was in high school, so I guess I read some magazine articles or something. Not enough to judge.
Here's how it looks to me:
1) Carl Jung -- kooky but worth reading once
2) Joseph Campbell -- Jung watered down for people who think Star Wars is deep
3) Jordan Peterson - Campbell watered down for people who think Star Wars should be only white men
But again, I haven't read the last two, so I'm just joking.
As for Russell Brand, he looked charming in the total of 3 minutes I've seen him on YouTube. Is there any reason at all why we should listen to him on religion?
I've said a dozen times on this forum, but once more: why should I care about the opinions of stupid people? Stupid Christians, stupid Hindus, stupid atheists -- why waste time? If you think they're a danger to your hometown then get off this forum and run for school board. Posting here changes nothing.
But bigotry is always bad. And by bigotry I mean when someone looks at an enormous diverse group of people and judges them all by the behavior of their very worst members. This is bad.
If someone here says "Christians are X," but I know for a fact that the most important Christian writers, artists, and thinkers in history are not X, then the statement is a bad statement.