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Neil, what you are doing here, in terms of Campbell's schema of the four functions of mythology, is arguing that we can interpret Christian origins through study of the social function of myth (Campbell's third function) while completely ignoring the cosmological function of myth (Campbell's second ...

What this is communicating to me is that any explanation that does not mesh with cosmology is wrong or inadequate . Yes, that is what I think. any explanation that does not mesh with cosmology is wrong or inadequate . I agree with the broad idea presented by Joseph Campbell in his theory of the fou...

2.3.14 the origins of the gospel stories are addressed in the literature. If there are these supposed “alternative scholarly explanations” you could help by pointing them out. One interesting commentary is Robert Price’s work on the midrash links to the story of Elisha multiplying the twenty barley ...

Scientific Astrotheology? Astrotheology is a purely scientific approach to religious studies, looking at the abundant presence of cosmology in ancient myth and investigating how the thought patterns (memes) evolved into Christian doctrine. The challenge is to show how and why the astral memes were ...

If you have such a low opinion of Science, why do you feel the need to disguise astrology as science? I have an extremely high opinion of science. As I just said in my last comment that you responded to, "Science is the most powerful ethical value in the world today". I do not disguise as...

Modern science is an ideology. It claims that evidence about material reality is true, and that the universe obeys consistent and coherent physical laws, as described in major theories such as relativity, quantum mechanics and evolution, working towards a grand unified theory of everything. Just bec...

Thank you for this direct and honest explanation. It has cleared up much for me. So in effect, then, you are arguing that your own "pantheistic view" is the correct interpretation of the Bible. It would seem to me, then, that this explains why your or Acharya's arguments do not conform to...

Are you saying that the natural world is divine or in some sense worthy of religious worship? Yes, that is how I view the world. The beauty and elegance of natural complexity, evolving over billions of years, is the only thing we should consider as divine. So a key text in the Bible is Revelation 1...

’the next wine I drink will not be earthly, but heavenly.’ The question here is a bit far adrift from the issue of the zodiac and Acharya, but the context is similar: main criticism seems to be focused on her scholarship, or reputed lack thereof. I personally am unfamiliar with her writings, other ...

A main focus of Acharya's work is to explain religion in natural terms, removing all vestiges of supernatural belief and explaining myth in scientific evolutionary terms. Thank you for taking the trouble to try to explain. I appreciate this. My rejoinder is that I don't see how any modern scholar a...