The Power of Myth, Jospeh Campbell and Bill Moyers

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Re: The Power of Myth, Jospeh Campbell and Bill Moyers

Postby Heber13 » 12 Mar 2010, 15:38

HiJolly wrote:In our current secular world, humanist values are dimming our belief in the value, the efficacy, of myth, ritual, and religion. Funny how we are too smart for our own good, when we discard myth.

Being intellectual and being smart are not the same thing, are they?
Luke: "Why didn't you tell me? You told me Vader betrayed and murdered my father."
Obi-Wan: "Your father... was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So what I told you was true... from a certain point of view."
Luke: "A certain point of view?"
Obi-Wan: "Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to...depend greatly on our point of view.
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Re: The Power of Myth, Jospeh Campbell and Bill Moyers

Postby Orson » 12 Mar 2010, 15:56

Heber13 wrote:Being intellectual and being smart are not the same thing, are they?


Book smarts and wisdom are certainly not the same thing.
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Re: The Power of Myth, Jospeh Campbell and Bill Moyers

Postby HiJolly » 13 Mar 2010, 00:05

Heber13 wrote:
HiJolly wrote:In our current secular world, humanist values are dimming our belief in the value, the efficacy, of myth, ritual, and religion. Funny how we are too smart for our own good, when we discard myth.

Being intellectual and being smart are not the same thing, are they?

I dunno....

I try to think, but nothin' happens....


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