“The ‘correct’ interpretation of a myth does not necessarily confirm the historicity of the myth”.
via A Quick Thought on ‘Reception History’ « XKV8R: The Official Blog of Dr. Robert R. Cargill.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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I thought Dr. Cargill’s QOTD was “#RickWarren recently tweeted “I always preach to myself first.” Does he also want to bang his own head on a table after hearing himself?”
To be completely fair, I could fill up a few day’s worth of QOTD from Dr. Cargill.
Cargill is wrong. Those who declare something a myth doesn’t make the event a myth.
Unlike you, DR. Cargill has a read phd – use it or no longer comment here.
Again, no facts.