tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33072925.post669674257207369681..comments2023-04-03T06:01:14.867-02:30Comments on Contra|Diction!: Myth, Genesis and The ResurrectionELAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01663831681687729804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33072925.post-55727548751954696992014-04-29T07:37:32.781-02:302014-04-29T07:37:32.781-02:30Very helpful insight Frank. Thanks for adding furt...Very helpful insight Frank. Thanks for adding further impact to Fr. Nicholson's message!ELAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663831681687729804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33072925.post-86781878218808834932014-04-29T03:07:56.529-02:302014-04-29T03:07:56.529-02:30Excellent addition to your blog. Fr. Nicholson nai...Excellent addition to your blog. Fr. Nicholson nails it !<br /><br />Let me add 2 cents worth to his clarification, on the use of the word 'myth.' The anti-religious would like it to be disparaging but, as usual, on this as with so much else they are simply wrong.<br /><br />Years ago, in my study of ancient history, I read ' The Origins of Mythopoeic Thought in the Ancient Near East,' by Henri Frankfort. It was a fascinating read, and helped greatly in understanding how the ancient peoples themselves thought of their 'myths.' They did NOT think of a 'myth' as a fantasy, a legend, or a fairy-tale ... i.e., something UNTRUE.<br /><br />The equating of 'myth' with 'untrue' is the perspective of modern secularists, who are (when it comes to History) 'low-information' contributors. For ancient peoples, it was precisely the opposite. Myths were their expression of their understanding of Truth. For pre-literate cultures, lacking a scientific method, written histories, modern means of communication, etc., etc., a myth was their expression of what they believed to be real and true.<br /><br />To expect a myth to be a literally accurate history of the relations between 'the gods' and mankind is to misunderstand what a myth is. If one considers the various myths of the Greeks, the Romans and other ancient pagans, one usually discovers an astute observation about _human nature_, moreso than some revelation of the Divine. But even here, the Creator instilled in his creatures intuitions which would become clearer with the Incarnation ... as Chesterton so well explained.<br />Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04485344823350337946noreply@blogger.com