Posted on 06/16/2009 9:48:01 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
Joseph Campbell died in 1987 but remains influential. In this revealing video, Campbell clarifies why he left the Roman Catholic faith of his youth — EVOLUTION...
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Too bad. The more I have studied evolution, the more I have confidence in my faith as a Christian.
Evolution needs to be re-named.
Since Darwin lived so long ago in the 1800s, I propose a new term, something that will point out the archaic misunderstandings of Darwin, combined with a linguistic remnant of another discredited ‘theory’.
I propose:
“Steampunk Spon-Gen”
= short for “Steampunk Spontaneous Generation”.
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evolutionism is evil, plain and simple.
You have a problem when you bring up Campbell because to him the power of the Shaman’s myth(or any myth) was just as powerful as the Christian myth.
Since when did Catholics take the Bible literately?
I wonder what dioceses he was attending.
The “faith of Christ” is a gift God imputes to his people. If he was relying on some sort of other faith that he ginned up on his own, it would only be a matter of time until he could no longer sustain it.
I don’t know about PBS but Bill Moyer’s career was close to over when he stumbled onto Campbell and made a ton of money plus revitalizing his career.
Too bad he didn't live long enough to see the Catholic church change its attitude toward evolutionary theory.
OTOH, the outright ignorance of Young Earth Creationists has been the cause of the loss of faith by many others.
I thought Campbell had a very thilly thpeaking voith. Not unlike the actor Ed Wynn’s “Perfect Fool.” How apt.
More nonsense from SpamSpamSpam. The Catholic Church does not follow his anti-intellectual “lead” and has no problem with the scientific evidence for biological evolution — the Church concerns itself with the “ought” issues which are at right angles to the “is” issues settled by scientific inquiry.
Evoluation isn’t evil.
And neither is evolution.
I am a Christian and I loved Joseph Campbell. His insights into how mythology informs modern culture are amazing. Even if he himself lost his faith along the way, his ideas support the notion that there is truth to be found in all religions.
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