Christian mythology/Talk

'See Christian Mythology/Talk for earlier debate

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Oh, come on. This is basically the same article from three hours ago, which started all the fuss.

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No, wait! It's not! It has no mention of sacred texts! It doesn't interfere with anyone's beliefs! Who believes in Santa Claus? In Narnia? In King Arthur?

If anyone objects to the Saints, or to the Vudon, or to anything else, please remove THAT PART or tell us here what is objectionable.

I REALLY don't want to label anything that Christians believe to be a sacred and divine truth as mythology. Surely a devil represented with a red suit and horns doesn't qualify, does it?

I specifically did NOT link to Bible stories, either!

-- Cayzle

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I'm staying out of it, this time. Enjoy. Ed Poor

hee hee! maybe we should let it rest for a few days and let things cool off. -- Cayzle

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Can I ask what Rudolph, Frosty and the Easter Bunny have to do with Christianity? Santa Clause I can see, the Little Drummer Boy I can see... I just don't get it. -Wesley

I guess Rudolph and Frosty were added onto a Christian holiday, but I don't know if that makes them Christian either, Wesley. The Easter Bunny is most decidedly *not* Christian, except by adoption. It's a very old fertility symbol going back to Egypt as well as the Celts, who held Samhain at the same time of the year as Easter. Probably they came from that, but I don't know. --Dmerrill

If one considers for inclusion as "Christian Mythology" a range of stories with Christian themes and with close ties to Christian allusion or tradition, then in addition to stories such as Narnia, one can interpret the Rudolph story (with its "Love your neighbor as yourself" theme of tolerance and brotherly love, not to mention its fantastical elements (talking and flying animals, not to mention its link to the Santa Claus / St. Nicholas tradition) as both mythic and Christian, I think. Similarly, Dr. Seuss's Grinch story is a (newly invented) Christian myth on the same order, in my opinion. -- Cayzle

So is "A Christmas Carol", but even more so. --Paul Drye