tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post6824663154741141595..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: I've Talked About Politics; I Might As Well Talk about Religion!Katherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-79932513862403073832008-09-29T15:57:00.000-04:002008-09-29T15:57:00.000-04:00:0No, I'm not shocked :) I've just posted regardin...:0<BR/><BR/>No, I'm not shocked :) I've just posted regarding morality as an abstract concept that brings together larger, supernal truths with "the more objectively discerned reality." I like that phrase!Kate Woodburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06276977170991272672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-2308377995921224182008-09-29T13:42:00.000-04:002008-09-29T13:42:00.000-04:00If you haven't already read it, you might enjoy Ro...If you haven't already read it, you might enjoy Robert Alter's book "The Art of Biblical Narrative" (Basic Books, 1981). Note in particular the 2nd chapter and its discussion of historicized fiction/fictionalized history.<BR/><BR/>With the exception that I do not accept the Book of Mormon (please, don't look so shocked by that), I agree with you. The Bible is true, in that it is concerned with truth - a truth that is larger than the mere reality discernable by objective, materialist, sensory means. Indeed, it is that truth which makes the more objectively discerned reality possible.<BR/><BR/>The difficulty with both metaphorists and literalists is that they both seek to ground the Bible in the immediate and material, thus subjecting the sacred text to that which is subordinate to it and in effect destroying or ignoring its claim to truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com