And then we can look into why. See what is at the root of it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @premodernism
Yes that would be ideal but he says not often possible
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Replying to @MillenarianWoes @premodernism
Then we just have to have some epistemic humility & say 'we don't know yet.' That's not difficult & doesn't take anything away.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @premodernism
I guess that is a very noncommittal attitude which might not be enough to preserve the 'ancient wisdom'
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Replying to @MillenarianWoes @premodernism
Then the ancient wisdom will go. If it can't be supported on its own terms & has to be included as knowledge, it probably should.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yeah. It will eventually but he wants to preserve what is "true" (his definition) about those.
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Replying to @premodernism
So do we all. It is ideal if we can keep the good bits, understand what underlies them & lose the false beliefs & dubious ethics around them
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Replying to @HPluckrose
This is what he does with Bible. I'm with him that the genesis myths are probably super important in this way and should not be thrown away.
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Replying to @premodernism
Well, I think we're going to have to just agree to disagree.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I don't think they're literally true. Just the compression of thousands of years of knowledge (of the pragmatic sort) worth decompressing.
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I find them very interesting historically & culturally. This is what I study after all. How ppl used religious narratives to find meaning.
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