RE: In what way is the Resurrection the best explanation?
November 4, 2019 at 6:42 pm
(This post was last modified: November 4, 2019 at 6:51 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I actually don't think it's weird that, on some level, the faithful fail to have faith. It would be weirder if they had absolutely no rational faculties whatsoever.
What I was pointing out, is that so many secular explanations for these stories are no different than the creative storytelling exercise that is magic book. They fail for the same reason that so many theological explanations fail. Notice that each side of your questions as to which is more likely have a silent shared premise. Those two options aren't the only options, and at a fundamental level, they're the same option due to that shared premise. That some event like this, that the story is about, happened.
You mentioned tropes, lots daughters are a favorite. There was no daddy fucking in a cave. That story was included as a way to tell people to do what god said, to tell wives to do what they were told, and explain the existence of the subhumans that lots daughters gave birth to from incest. Neighboring tribes. Enemies.
In exactly the same way, Paul Bunyan wasn't a man. He was a stereotype of a french logger. Nothing he did in the legends is some bastardized version of a "true event" - but a stylistic representation of a set of truly felt social mores and frontier experiences.
What I was pointing out, is that so many secular explanations for these stories are no different than the creative storytelling exercise that is magic book. They fail for the same reason that so many theological explanations fail. Notice that each side of your questions as to which is more likely have a silent shared premise. Those two options aren't the only options, and at a fundamental level, they're the same option due to that shared premise. That some event like this, that the story is about, happened.
You mentioned tropes, lots daughters are a favorite. There was no daddy fucking in a cave. That story was included as a way to tell people to do what god said, to tell wives to do what they were told, and explain the existence of the subhumans that lots daughters gave birth to from incest. Neighboring tribes. Enemies.
In exactly the same way, Paul Bunyan wasn't a man. He was a stereotype of a french logger. Nothing he did in the legends is some bastardized version of a "true event" - but a stylistic representation of a set of truly felt social mores and frontier experiences.
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