[MD] subject/object: pragmatism

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> Personally, I find the time of year perfect to enlighten people as to 
> the monomythical origins of the Jesus-myth, in that there is a 
> world-historical allegory that places the birth of the "son/sun", the 
> birth of light, at the Winter Solstice. In fact, its not so much that 
> the Jesus-myth derived much from the Mithraic tradition, including 
> the birth of its "light-bringer", as that the aspect of these myths 
> appear frequently across cultures and time.

As yes, forever the "enlightened" academic, casting his pearls before swine.


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