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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambi who wrote (24449)	8/19/1998 1:18:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

Penni, Trying to come up with something more comfortable... Whenever we want to bait the Emiles of the world, we refer to their beliefs as mythology, as if that were somehow inferior. Last night I was watching my son play out Star Wars fantasies, and got to thinking about mythology. When I was around 10 I was totally obsessed with Tolkien's books, which amazes me now, as I find them stiff to the point of unreadability. But there is something about the myth of the heroic quest that undoubtedly grips. The notion of the world free from grey, where the bad wear black and the good wear white, and the latter devote their lives to the battle against evil. Of course, myth is not reality. We all know that there was no Camelot, and that the knights of the round table were more likely to drag the fair maiden to the bushes for a merrie round of rape then to rescue her from a dragon. Most of us certainly outgrow the world of black and white. But isn't there an age where it is right for children to dream of fighting for good? If nothing else, wouldn't it lead them to think a little more about what "good" is? Might not the far off taste of those heroic fantasies give some aid in fighting temptation down the line? Maybe we need a little less religion and a little more mythology. Does the myth of the heroic quest have a real influence on the development of moral sense? Opinions, anyone? Steve