Adam and Eve: I was listening to a podcast last night on the historicity of the Genesis account and found it very interesting, as it relates this familiar tale to similar myths...

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I was listening to a podcast last night on the historicity of the Genesis account and found it very interesting, as it relates this familiar tale to similar myths throughout the near East, Greece and beyond. The main discussant was Dr. Robert Price, who is known as a New Testament scholar but has much broader scope of knowledge, drawing parallels to other myths, some surprisingly (to me), e.g. Prometheus. I found it on YouTube, and enjoyed it.

But that is beyond the point of this post, which is to recount this oldie about Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Eve tells Adam,"You know, you're the first man" to which Adam replies "Yeah, sure."

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Canisdirus

Funny...

Ever read any Joseph Campbell?

He illustrates the larger picture perfectly...and brings the opaque into focus.

Mankind has always needed and invented.... the eternal champion.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

This post touches on religion when it calls Adam and Eve, "myth." It should be sent to the Attic but hasn't.

Canisdirus

SteveR wrote:

This post touches on religion when it calls Adam and Eve, "myth." It should be sent to the Attic but hasn't.

They are synonyms after all...

Eff Ess in Ess Eff

Canisdirus wrote:

Funny...

Ever read any Joseph Campbell?

He illustrates the larger picture perfectly...and brings the opaque into focus.

Mankind has always needed and invented.... the eternal champion.

Yes, I have read some of his writing and also binge-watched his PBS series with Bill Moyers back in the day. He opened many eyes (mine included) to the realms of knowledge about human behavior that that were encoded in myths and carried forward for centuries, even millennia.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Canisdirus wrote:

They are synonyms after all...

Enforces my point that Admin should have moved this thread.

fantom Loc: Colorado

SteveR wrote:

Enforces my point that Admin should have moved this thread.

If offended why not just stop following?

SteveR Loc: Michigan

fantom wrote:

If offended why not just stop following?

That's not the point. Admin has made a big point about religion and politics not being in Chit-Chat. I've been admonished on several occasions for minor comments. So, what's fair is fair. It should be moved to the attic because it makes a religious comment. Otherwise, the rules only apply to some people and not others.

fantom Loc: Colorado

SteveR wrote:

That's not the point. Admin has made a big point about religion and politics not being in Chit-Chat. I've been admonished on several occasions for minor comments. So, what's fair is fair. It should be moved to the attic because it makes a religious comment. Otherwise, the rules only apply to some people and not others.

Oh, I see your point, and agree that it seems Admin is pretty arbitrary with some of its decisions. Or maybe it just spot checks this stuff and then just performs whimsically.

Canisdirus

Eff Ess in Ess Eff wrote:

Yes, I have read some of his writing and also binge-watched his PBS series with Bill Moyers back in the day. He opened many eyes (mine included) to the realms of knowledge about human behavior that that were encoded in myths and carried forward for centuries, even millennia.

When I was a kid I read a lot of Michael Moorcock fiction.

He had an amazing landscape of integrated books dealing with the realms of chaos and order.

With the thread of an eternal champion running through all of his series...he did his homework.

As one societal champion falls...another one is installed to carry on.

How it has always been.