Homework – due in Critically compare the use of symbol with the use of analogy to express human understanding of God (35 marks)

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Homework – due in Critically compare the use of symbol with the use of analogy to express human understanding of God (35 marks)

Religious Language Myth

Mythical beasts Myths communicate values, beliefs and truths What truths could your mythical beast reveal? What deeper significance could the story communicate?

Myth What is myth? Muthos (Gk.) Originally referred to a word or speech or anything delivered by word of mouth Came to mean a fictional story

MacQuarrie – booklets, p.16 Characteristics of Myth Dramatic and Narrative Evocative Immediacy Alogicality Remoteness in time and space Community

Discussion What is a fundamentalist? What is an atheist? How might fundamentalists and atheists be a bit similar?

Niebuhr Reinhold Niebuhr believed that myth must be taken ‘seriously but not literally’ This is different from the fundamentalist view that religious language must be taken literally It is also different from the atheist rejection of religion as ‘just a myth’

Fundamentalism and Atheism Fundamentalists and atheists often share the idea that religious language must be taken literally and judged on that basis Niebhur’s recommendation to take myth seriously but not literally opens up other possibilities

Rudolf Bultmann Demythologizing the bible Existential interpretation A blind acceptance of New Testament mythology would be simply arbitrariness; to make such acceptance a demand of faith would be to reduce faith to a work The central message of Christianity: let go of self-centredness and open up to God’s grace

Myth worksheet Fill in your line of the grid Include lots of detail about the possible existential meaning of the story Justify your answer about whether someone can be a Christian and reject the literal truth of the story – you could use p.17-18 in the booklet to help you do this Fill in the rest of the grid based on the other groups’ feedback

Traditional Story Possible existential meaning Can someone be a Christian and reject the literal truth of this story? Creation (Genesis, chapters 1 to 2) Fall (Genesis chapter 3) Flood (Genesis chapters 6 to 9) Virgin Birth (Luke 1:26-38)

Traditional Story Possible existential meaning Can someone be a Christian and reject the literal truth of this story? Incarnation (John 1:1-18) Jesus’ miracles (Luke chapters 4 and 5) Resurrection (Luke chapter 24) Last Judgment (Matthew 25:31-46)

Evaluation of Bultmann Strengths Weaknesses