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Is "The Power of Myth" by Joseph Cambell, any good?
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rax
Newbie  Religious Views: Ex-mormon. agnostic weak/negative explicit militant atheist, anti-theist (the Hitchens type), secular humanist, rationalist, freethinker
I have the six part series by Joseph Cambell interviewed by Bill Moyers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Myth Is it worth watching? Is it some religious stuff or is it more atheism based? What say ye?  (May 8, 2010 at 5:03 pm)rax Wrote: I have the six part series by Joseph Cambell interviewed by Bill Moyers. If you want to delve into the reason WHY people are they way they are then this seems a relevant series to watch. Just keep an open and sceptical mind and see. Could be interesting. What is your focus?? (perspective?) "The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
 (May 8, 2010 at 5:03 pm)rax Wrote: I have the six part series by Joseph Cambell interviewed by Bill Moyers. I haven't seen the series, but I have read a number of books by Campbell. He was a sort of woolly mystic, and certainly no atheist. The great virtue of his work is that he treats all religious systems as equal- they're all myths as far as he's concerned, and he's very good at comparing them and classifying them. The problem with Campbell from an atheist perspective is that he clearly believes that myths point towards some underlying transcendental truth. Whereas I'd say that the main thing that they point towards is the unlimited human capacity for wishful thinking and self-deception.
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
Mikhail Bakunin A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything Friedrich Nietzsche
rax
Newbie Religious Views: Ex-mormon. agnostic weak/negative explicit militant atheist, anti-theist (the Hitchens type), secular humanist, rationalist, freethinker (May 9, 2010 at 4:01 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote:(May 8, 2010 at 5:03 pm)rax Wrote: I have the six part series by Joseph Cambell interviewed by Bill Moyers. I'm interested in myths and how they came about. The series looked good but seems pro-God or pro-Jesus. I consider God and Jesus to be myth, so, I don't put much stock into what he is saying. I don't feel like watching something where I have to sort out the facts from the fantasy right now. If that's what I'll end up having to do, I'll watch it later, when I'm interested in doing that. |
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