Divine Fluidity: The Polyvalent Logic of Myth

[Gilbride]

New blog post:

http://nightwandering.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/divine-fluidity-the-polyvalent-logic-of-myth/

We don't actually experience a world based on bivalent logic, because that world is a completely hypothetical construction, a mere thought experiment. Yet pagans are no more immune to this tendency than anyone else.

[NiDara]

New blog post:

http://nightwandering.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/divine-fluidity-the-polyvalent-logic-of-myth/

We don't actually experience a world based on bivalent logic, because that world is a completely hypothetical construction, a mere thought experiment. Yet pagans are no more immune to this tendency than anyone else.

I really enjoyed your article, and it was very thought provoking. I've wavered between hard and soft polytheism for a while now, but I just keep staying in the middle. Thank you for sharing your insight!

[Materialist]

New blog post:

"Skeptical materialists deny such insights altogether." Not true. Very unwise to stereotype a segment of the population solely based on their view of reality.

[Gilbride]

"Skeptical materialists deny such insights altogether." Not true. Very unwise to stereotype a segment of the population solely based on their view of reality.

 
I'm commenting based on my experience. If you have a different view, I'd be happy to hear it.

[Materialist]

If you have a different view, I'd be happy to hear it.

Mythology is allegory.

[Gilbride]

Mythology is allegory.

Okay, sure. But most atheists, in my experience, use "myth" solely to mean "a BS made-up story, possibly entertaining at best but not important."

[HeartShadow]

Okay, sure. But most atheists, in my experience, use "myth" solely to mean "a BS made-up story, possibly entertaining at best but not important."

I'd argue that's the common use definition.  I mean, non-literalist Christians don't refer to the Bible as myth.  That's pagan vs nonpagan.  More or less, of course.

[Gilbride]

I'd argue that's the common use definition.  I mean, non-literalist Christians don't refer to the Bible as myth.  That's pagan vs nonpagan.  More or less, of course.

You're probably right.