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Date Posted: 18:40:07 04/27/08 Sun
Author: JPJ II
Subject: Re: Lewis on Atonement
In reply to: Shannon 's message, "Lewis on Atonement" on 10:35:37 04/27/08 Sun

This brings us back to where Lewis and Girard have their greatest difference with respect to myth and the gospels. Where Girard holds that the Gospels are so mythic that they are Anti-Mythic, Lewis holds that the Gospels are the ultimate myth, the one true myth. For Lewis, all other mythical stories are the result of a world realizing that some form of atonement is required for the appeasement of some form of higher being. They are manifestations of a world grown tired of waiting for the Christ. For Lewis, Pagan myths Ape the Passion. For Girard, the Passion apes Pagan Myth. I don't meant that to be an undercutting of Girard, but I kind've like d the parallel sentence structure (A-B-B-A).

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