[MD] A theist appropriates MoQ

ARLO J BENSINGER JR ajb102 at psu.edu
Sun Dec 21 08:29:40 PST 2008


Good Yule to you Paco, hopefully at this time of the Solstice (celebrated by
countless cultural traditions in a myriad of dress) you find the warmth of
family and friends.

Since your "theist" spin on the MOQ (if only Platt could be so honest, and Ham
so forthcoming) is centered around the Occidental myths, let me ask, would you
say that White Buffalo Calf Woman, Avaloketeshvara, Isis/Osiris, Odin (to name
just a few) are also equally substitutable in your prose? Or is the "Quality
made flesh" an actual-literal event that occurred for the Jews but for no other
group? 

To restate, are you suggesting a Campbellian-like mythological configuration to
the MOQ, or are you suggesting that the "Christians" alone got it right?

Arlo




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