"Campbell's works are on the order of 50 to 60 years old. If the word 'mythicist' has only recently been coined, how could he mention it?"
"Mythicist" is NOT a new word. The "mythicist position" is what's new. You have no idea what this thread is even about. The very first sentence in the article titled, "What is a Mythicist" reads:
"The terms "mythicism" and "mythicist" may be new to many people, even though they have been around for a couple of centuries..."
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The History of Mythicism
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Definitions of terms such as mythicist, mythicism etc are vague and not very useful but the definition for astrotheology has existed since 1714:
Astrotheology: "Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies" ... such as the sun, moon, planets, stars, constellations etc.
- William Derham, coined in 1714
"The ideas that appear to be embraced by this new term are discussed in detail by Jung, Campbell, and dozens if not hundreds of others. There is nothing new about the ideas, as you seem to acknowledge: "
You are wasting my time as you have no idea what you're talking about. It's blatantly obvious that you haven't even read the links or viewed the video on the subject of this thread. I have already handily demonstrated that Jung, Campbell absolutely DO NOT discuss the details of the 'mythicist position.' You're not even reading the posts here either.
AGAIN, "What this means is that there is absolutely no discussion of the mythicist position in academia, universities or schools. That's precisely why NT and biblical scholars and theologians are not required to study the mythicist position at all in order to get their Ph.D. Get it? "The most logical explanation is completely missing in action" as the video even says."
Those attempting to argue against having a clear, succinct position for mythicists are merely proving my point here for just how poorly informed people are on this subject demonstrating why a mythicist position is sorely needed. So, thank you for helping to prove my point.
"Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance"
— Albert Einstein
edit on 4-3-2011 by GoldenKnight because: (no reason given)
