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#142795 - 02/26/04 03:54 PM Re: The Passion Of The Christ: My review [Re: sean]
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Well, we're not doing theology, which is why we didn't read the epistles. I think of mythology as something that establishes a pattern that then makes the stuff that happens in the world make sense. In the second half of the semester we're going to turn to Greek and Roman mythologies, which define a very different pattern to explain the way the world is organized. I think that nowadays the most powerful mythology is science--and believe me, that statement doesn't mean that I think science is not true.<br><br>
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#142796 - 02/26/04 03:58 PM Re: The Passion Of The Christ: My review [Re: yoyo52]
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But I thought the word "mythology" was meaning something fake..like a fake story. That's why it has "myth" in the beginning. Course I could be wrong...I'm not a linguist or anything.<br><br><br><br>

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#142797 - 02/26/04 05:43 PM Re: The Passion Of The Christ: My review [Re: JohnR]
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The Greek word that gives us "myth" means "story." In my field, myth ends up meaning the patterns formed by groups of narratives (and that's what the Bible is, by the way, a bunch of disparate stories brought together--how they fit together defines the pattern they form). And stories in that sense that have real power have it because the pattern they set up give meaning to people's experiences. For instance, the pattern that the Old Testament sets up--apostasy followed by punishment in the form of exile followed by recruitment by a prophet followed by return to the promise followed by God's favor--establishes a pretty clear meaning as it gets repeated over and over and over in a whole bunch of stories. But if you ignore the meaning established by the pattern, then what you end up with is a plain old history of national identity, territorial aggression, vengeance for the aggression, and so on. Applying the pattern to the history makes the history make sense--it gives it meaning beyond the mere fact of historical accident. Whether that meaning is true or false depends on how you take the pattern. If you live inside the pattern, the myth is true. If you live outside the pattern, the myth is false. The Book of Job is terrific for seeing how that works, by the way. Job's problem is that, because of what has happened to him, he can't make the pattern fit his life any more, so his whole universe falls apart around him. The resolution of the story comes when Job once more accepts the pattern. And, to complete the pattern once he does that, God rewards him with double of everything Job has lost.<br><br>
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#142798 - 02/29/04 03:55 AM Re: The Passion Of The Christ: My review [Re: ]
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Just saw this movie today. Wow...I was very impressed with the movie. Very well done. <br><br>

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#142799 - 02/29/04 04:02 AM Re: The Passion Of The Christ: My review [Re: JohnR]
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You're evil, John. Don't you know how many books for crippled hungry children could've been bought with the money it took to buy all that popcorn!<br><br><br><br>
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#142800 - 02/29/04 04:03 AM Re: The Passion Of The Christ: My review [Re: ]
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I knew that so I didn't buy any popcorn!!<br><br><br>I just ate what was on the floor <br><br>

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#142801 - 02/29/04 04:04 AM Re: The Passion Of The Christ: My review [Re: JohnR]
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That wasn't popcorn! Ewwwww! <br><br>
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#142802 - 02/29/04 04:06 AM Re: The Passion Of The Christ: My review [Re: ]
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Well, it did have this strange odor...and was..ok..wait..I'm going to hurl!!!!<br><br><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by JohnR on 02/28/04 11:10 PM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

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