On Christianity and Myth | Jason Rambles About Stuff
Channel: Jason YH Lim
Date: 27/12/2020

I ramble about the resonant appeal of the Christmas story and its connection to and contrasts with the mythical traditions of the world.

Additional material:
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Jordan Peterson on Meta-truth in Fiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx9IwBfowMc
C.S.Lewis' The Grand Miracle
Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv4kx2QP4UM
Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0QpxSDAluU

Timestamped Summary and Highlights:
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0:00 Intro

1:32 What is a Myth
3:38 Mythical elements in Christianity
5:19 On Theism, Myth and Imagination

7:10 Christianity embraces Reason and Ritual
7:46 Only your god is real?

8:18 The historicity of the Jesus story
9:04 The plainness of the Gospels and its unimaginative writers
10:25 The "myth become fact" thesis

11:27 The resonant appeal of the Christmas story
12:36 C.S.Lewis' Grand Miracle quote
15:11 Outro


Music credits:
"First Noel" performed by Jingle Punks
"O Come All Ye Faithful" performed by me

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