I am sorry you were disappointed with my reply 3uGH7D4MLJ so I will write another reply paying more attention to your actual questions.3uGH7D4MLj wrote: ↑January 9th, 2018, 9:45 pmThat's the problem, and truth is such a petty requirement to put on myth, full of archetypes and symbolism, ambiguity and beauty. Isn't myth bigger than truth? It's a kind of super truth, not merely truth in a journalistic sense.Belindi wrote: ↑December 30th, 2017, 7:35 amIf I had the full and passionate belief which the myth requires it would either be because I needed solace, or because the myth would be all that was left to inspire me to keep going. Pragmatic reasons for allowing my emotions to steer my beliefs.
Transcendent radical ethics requires a myth more suited to modern people. I'd like to see that happening. The old myth of Christ , although it can be interpreted as an allegory, is not the genre of story that can be popularised, largely because of the insistence of religious people that the history is the same as the myth.
Is it possible for a person with a materialist worldview, say, a scientist, to be a devoted follower of the myth of Jesus, or any other spiritual path? Can you imagine having such a change in outlook? There are people who do just this, in spite of the problems that you cite. I think that mythology was always intended to have this kind of role, but we've lost the knack of seeing myth's function and power. mmm?
I think it's possible for a scientist to be a devoted follower of the myth of Christ (not the myth of Jesus) only if the scientist is able and willing to interpret the myth as allegory. I think that any sort of substance monist ,(materialist, idealist, or dual aspect monist) can use myths and other symbolist media such as symbolist art or poetry for explaining the human condition .
I agree that myth is bigger than rational and empirical truths in that myth can not only explain but it can also guide and embrace the soul.
We need tertiary education free for all so that all people can apply the lessons in the Humanities to their lives. I believe that science should be taught at universities against a background of the arts and history of ideas. It is very important that we can all sort out bad myths from righteous myths. For this reason history of ideas should also figure in the scientist's education.
I hope I have answered you fully enough, and that you will respond.