Mythos Paradox
Do we prefer biblical history as mythology? Do we even know that we are doing it? Is it a conscious decision we are making? My thesis is that Postmoderns construct biblical history as mythology. Neurologically, they can't disassemble the myth as an actual entity, a real story.
What would our lives look like if we consider God to be nothing more than a mythological figure? The characters depicted in the Bible, the words and letters they wrote, the overarching themes conveyed in the Bible, and the compilation of books and letters are treated as abstract, objective things that do not possess meaning. The idea of objectifying and mythologizing the truths spoken of in the Bible isn't anything new.
We are being lied to on all fronts and issues. The Bible is not a mythological story. The Bible's events, entities, and persons are real people and actual events and real entities. They are all real. The demonic entities are real. The story about Moses and Abraham is real. Yeshua is the messiah and savior, and he is real. (Look at Wikipedia’s page on Christianity, and they present our faith as a mythological tradition.)
The Old Testament Gen. 6:4 speaks of the men, heroes of old, warriors of renown: evil men, Nephilim. It's essential to take notice of the passages. It mentions that the Nephilim are actual entities descending on our planet, and seeing earth women as attractive, they embark on mating with them at will, and we dismiss this history as mere mythology. These gods, men of renown of our pasts, are relevant to us today. Yet, it is commonplace to treat biblical entities as mythological.
In the book by McGilchrist, "The Master and His Emissary," he sheds light on this phenomenon that postmoderns, because of left hemisphere dominance, are prone to objectifying everything in our sight and mind, including each other. Men objectify women as sex objects, thanks to the sexual revolution in the '60s. I think men have been objectifying the females of the species for centuries anyway. And let's not let the female of the species off the hook, they’re just as guilty of this charge. So why wouldn't we objectify each other as well as biblical history as mythology? It would appear that we are living in the matrix! McGilchrist uses the word “sleepwalker” as a way to describe the left hemisphere dominant person.
Have you ever considered how objectifying our lives can harm our relationships? When we treat our relationships objectively, we feel lonely and isolated. We have walled ourselves off from everything and everyone. We are not emotionally available to anyone, our spouse, or our children. Unfortunately, this can lead to an assortment of emotional and spiritual deficiencies. It's important to remember the value of human connection and take the time to nurture our relationships.
For many years, I have experienced many persons who will tell you they consider themselves Christian, whether it be Catholic or of the protestant variety, who have learned to objectify their interactions with the world, including their relationships. But the real challenge they unknowingly have is that they objectify or, better said, mythologize biblical facts. A clear mythologizing that happens is a story about the fallen angels coming to this planet and having babies with Earth women. If that wasn't enough, the offspring were called Nephilim in the Genesis story. The Genesis account also tells us the offspring were to be called men of renown. This is just one of many biblical accounts we don’t want to recognize as historical fact.
In cultures where the left hemisphere of the brain is dominant, individuals create myths that support the abstract reality they have constructed for themselves. This is especially true in Western societies, where the majority live objectified lives. They have difficulty with critical thinking skills, which require the brain hemispheres to operate in tandem.
It's rare to encounter an attractive, functional, engaging personality, but they exist, particularly on social media. This "remnant" is said to be a small group of individuals. The remnant is a class of humans functioning very well emotionally and spiritually. They are neurologically functional. They have learned to operate in the subjective, empathic, and intuitive realms. They are relatable and creative communicators. The Bible instructs us to engage with the body of Christ in fellowship, and these people have figured out how to incorporate this into their lives with another remnant. They are remnants operating in the fruit of the spirit. They love, they live with joy, and are peaceful personalities!
There are verses in the Bible that clearly state that humans are plagued by sin that resides within us, yet mythology has been passed down for generations, telling us otherwise.
"As it is, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me."
~ Romans 7:17
Yet we have been convinced that there is good in all of us and never take a hard look at the darkness in our very being. If you were to listen to the teachings of Jung or psychologist Jordan Peterson, you would be directed to take a hard look at the dark side of your personality. The Bible and Peterson are talking about the same thing here. Then there's Thomas Merton, who makes a clear case for man's ontology, defining what we are as opposed to what we do. He states we are corrupt; we are, in fact, "sin" as opposed to something we do.
We should look at the biblical historical record again, reread the accounts as if the first time, and read them as fact, as truth. Read the history of how things came to be, how things were started, and the events that took place to deal with the Nephilim and the demonic entities. Read the history of Yeshua's short time on the planet and the message he left us with. Take to heart the prophet's message telling us to look for the messiah's arrival, who will offer us restoration and salvation. Consider Yeshua's last words about sending the Holy Spirit (HS) to us once he returned to the Father. Read again what he said the HS would offer us regarding help, guidance, and growth. When Yeshua, our Messiah, tells us we have a problem, he comes to help us resolve it; it's time we believe it and take it seriously. And when we do, we will find that we need everything Yeshua offers if we desire to live fully or, as Saint Irenaeus said, “fully alive."
It's time we stop treating our history as a mythological tradition and accept it as historical fact. It is time to wake up and think critically for the sake of our lives, our children’s lives, and our country before we lose everything to the Thief that comes to steal, kill, and destroy us.
