Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Well, no

As has been pointed out by many global village atheists: while the totality of All There Is may generate phenomema we can experience but not understand because of spatial scale (things are scaled too big or too small for us to access), temporal scale (things happen too quickly or slowly ditto) or ultimately unavailable for other reasons (composition/dimension/complexity), that doesn't add up to "Therefore: [Insert Bronze Age myth here]."

3 Comments:

At 9:17 AM, Blogger drlobojo said...

I'm rather fond of bronze age myths. I'm delving into the stone age as well. They all seem to have carrion bird scavengers (ravens or vultures)and/or snakes (vipers or constrictors) at their core.

So a good functional myth needs the snake and bird in it.

 
At 10:03 PM, Blogger TStockmann said...

Hence the popularity of dragons, that combine characteristics of both.

 
At 10:06 PM, Blogger drlobojo said...

Excellent insight.

 

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