Sentences with phrase «meant by myth»

Not exact matches

When I stopped listening and abiding by what the creativity myth was telling me — that only a select few people have the potential to tap into their creative genius — my life took on a whole new meaning.

Gee, does that mean that this Bible story like so many others in the Bible was just a myth spun by a bronze age dictator to control his subjects?

In fact, we may rightly claim that the preaching of the gospel and the administration of the sacraments must necessarily go together; to put it in language used by Professor Whitehead in Religion in the Making, the «cult» (by which Whitehead meant the social action of worship) and the «myth» (by which he meant the story which explains a society's worship) can never be separated.

In his essay «The Religious Meaning of Myth and Symbol,» Altizer continues this same theme: «The sacred can be actualized only by means of a dissolution of profane existence.

What we mean here is myth in its everyday, nontechnical sense as understood by you and me: a story that is told as if it were literally true, but which is no longer accepted as factual, and which explains or symbolizes a belief or insight.

In a period like our own, when we have lost our sense of direction, when we do not know where our goal is, when our myths have lost their meaning and comprehensive reason has been eclipsed by calculating technical reason, there is need for a rebirth of imaginative vision.

There's a fairly new book, «Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth and Memory» by historian Edward Lengel: «Lengel wants to set the record straight, and he takes on the «cheats and phonies in addition to the well - meaning storytellers who have capitalized on the American public's insatiable and ever - changing demand for information about Washington.

If, as we suspect, the myths and legends of Genesis are shaped by Israel's faith, what does this mean?

By the term «myth» we mean to convey our understanding that what is narrated is not a literal occurrence of the past; and by legend, that the story probably has a basis in an actual person or occurrence of the pastBy the term «myth» we mean to convey our understanding that what is narrated is not a literal occurrence of the past; and by legend, that the story probably has a basis in an actual person or occurrence of the pastby legend, that the story probably has a basis in an actual person or occurrence of the past.2

As Hannah Arendt says, «What saves the act of beginning from its own arbitrariness is that it carries its own principle within itself, or, to be more precise, that beginning and principle, principium and principle, are not only related to each other, but are coeval,» 2 We will want to consider the act of conscious meaning - creation, or conscious taking responsibility for oneself and one's society, as a central aspect of America's myth of origin, an act that, by the very radicalness of its beginning, a beginning ex nihilo as it were, is redolent of the sacred.

In our search for America's myth of origin we have considered the function the new continent served in the European consciousness and the way in which biblical themes, particularly as heightened by the Reformation, shaped its meaning.

«Here, unlike the concept familiar in the science of religion, myth means nothing other than the report by ardent enthusiasts of that which has befallen them.»

See, that's what I mean by muddled... you humans took a little story, mixed it with some myths from earlier religions and decided I was this all powerful god with an all powerful father (that supposedly turns hair on the head as well as beards white if you look at him) that cared about each and everyone of you.

In Greece, the myth of Zeus overcoming his monstrous father Kronos by means of intelligence and instituting the new order of the beautiful Olympian gods encapsulates a particularly potent vision of pagan subjectivity.

It is interesting that Schubert Ogden should suggest, by way of finding a means of breaking through Bultmann's dilemma, that we ponder the relation between analogy and myth.

Each one of us understands the world and interprets events from a particular perspective — and that perspective is profoundly shaped by our nonhuman and human environments, culture, socio - politico - economic location, and the myths and symbols that organize and give meaning and significance to our lives.

But by myth he meant that which, although it temporarily deceived, nonetheless pointed to a truth that could only be expressed in that form.

These myths gave him hope because they told him that in the conflict between death and life, while life was not wholly victorious, yet death was by no means the last word.

I agree that my definition of «myth» is open to misunderstanding, but at the same time I am convinced that it is more satisfactory than the alternative you suggest («By «mythological» we mean the presentation of unobservable realities in terms of observable phenomena») For one thing, «observable» may prove too narrow a term and «unobservable» too broad, since all spiritual attitudes are unobservable.

It was at first not easy to see in what sense Bultmann was using the word «myth», and what he really meant by «demythologizing».

That isn't what humans mean by the word «myth».

Culture means the available truth claims, explanatory systems, myths, stories, memories, loyalties, dreams, and nightmares by which society lives.

The Bible is a book which includes * some * history of primitive Hebrew culture, and * some * good, practical, advice for beneficial human behavior (advice which can be gleaned in other places and by other means, btw); but mostly it is a compilation of ancient Middle Eastern historical fiction, myth, legend, superst.ition and fantasy.

In the case of Christendom, the «autonomous world of meaning and existence» was supplied by the complex of myths, goals and values of the religious tradition we now call Christianity.

For not only myth has been repressed in the framing of modern conceptions of rationality but also — and equally — imagination, a mysterious faculty that is intimately connected with, and by no means the enemy of, good reasoning.

The concern about meaning, which had been present even beneath the very earliest cosmological myths, was now considerably magnified by the emerging disquiet concerning the possible outcome of historical events.

Rollo May, writing in The Cry for Myth, notes that the 20th century was once heralded as the age in which education would enable society to embrace a «religion cleansed of all superstition,» by which he meant any belief that went beyond rationality.

The keepers of those myths that you probably have the most issue with, somewhat successfully changed the meaning of the word myth to the word lie... to make their own myths (which they called parables and which were presented more in allegorical than historical form), to in their minds be perceived more as truth... and in God's own poetic justice, now have their cherished tales of perceived morality thrown into the same category by those who make the same efforts at understnding the meanings.

The term «myth», by contrast, is so generally assumed to mean simply «an untrue story» that it is probably impossible for most people to take the cognitive functions of myth seriously.

It is, however, by no means certain that this is the essential character of myth.

It is for this reason that SPUC has launched The Mayisha Campaign (Mayisha meaning Life in Swahili) to raise awareness about maternal mortality, dispel the myths put about by abortion groups and lobby the Department for International Development to adopt an ethical foreign policy which respects the lives of both mothers and their babies.

Whether formulated by Durkheim (a system of beliefs and practices related to sacred things), by Weber (that which finally makes events meaningful), or by Tillich (whatever is of ultimate concern) religion in its «classical» sense refers not so much to labels on a church building as to the imagery (myth, theology, and so forth) by which people make sense of their lives — their «moral architecture,» if you will.6 That human beings differ in their sensitivity to and success in this matter of «establishing meaning» there can be no doubt.

By the end of Exodus, Pharaoh has been as mean, brutal and ugly as he knows how to be — and as the myth of scarcity tends to be.

And if evolutionary theory can be accommodated by calling creation accounts myths, presumably other aspects of the biblical world need to be corrected or altered in meaning when confronted by materials from more sources of knowledge than I wish to list.

Rather than brush this aside as an example of the irrelevance of the church, it deserves to be examined as a revealing example of what I mean by the social power of myth.

On the other hand, what we might be able to evince is at least the congruity between our myths of meaning and the fabric of nature disclosed by modern science and consistent cosmological theory.

This is surprising to most parents, a common myth told by organizations who hate rear facing is that a rear facing seat in the rear means no space left in the front regardless of car.

This means that you can become pregnant at any time during the month, and this myth has been spread especially by over protective parents.

The Myth of Self Soothing I'm sure you have heard these words, «you need to teach your baby how to self soothe, you can't go to them every time they cry, they need to learn this skill early...» Lets start with what we mean by self soothing.

That turns out to mean not just convenient truths, but also myths and distortions, propagated by algorithms which score them by popularity, not truthfulness.

Since Charles Darwin published the theory of evolution by means of natural selection in 1859, myths and misinterpretations have eroded public understanding of his ideas.

Many of our perceptions are sculpted by myth and hearsay, so I wanted to clear up what each of these terms can mean.

Ukrainian and Russian dating forums do everything possible to help this myth root in the heads of many foreign men looking for a perfect future wife by means of the internet.

The Reaping (Warner Bros., March 30) Starring: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, AnnaSophia Robb Director: Stephen Hopkins Rating: NR The Pitch: A fallen missionary (Swank) spends her time debunking religious myths, until she visits a town and experiences things she can't explain by scientific means, including one creepy little girl.

By «cage - busting,» I mean finding ways to rethink the web of rules, regulations, contracts, and routines that have accreted over the past century, and to shrug off the self - imposed cage created by urban myths, professional norms, and a «culture of can't.&raquBy «cage - busting,» I mean finding ways to rethink the web of rules, regulations, contracts, and routines that have accreted over the past century, and to shrug off the self - imposed cage created by urban myths, professional norms, and a «culture of can't.&raquby urban myths, professional norms, and a «culture of can't.»

Let me explain what we in the hardware industry mean by refurbished and dispel some of the myths.

Private student loan forgiveness may be a myth, but it does not mean you will be crippled by debt forever.

This means you should never be afraid of damaging your credit scores by checking your own credit reports, despite myths to the contrary.

Pit Bull Myths There are numerous myths circulating about pit bulls, some invented by people who are afraid of the breed and others disseminated by well - meaning pit bull advocMyths There are numerous myths circulating about pit bulls, some invented by people who are afraid of the breed and others disseminated by well - meaning pit bull advocmyths circulating about pit bulls, some invented by people who are afraid of the breed and others disseminated by well - meaning pit bull advocates.

We will start by looking at several common myths about shelter dogs that keep some well - meaning folks from adopting: