tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post5745209160642694171..comments2023-08-19T23:23:19.849+10:00Comments on Sentire cum Ecclesia: O For a Voice like Thunder!Schützhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05026181010471282505noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-74176290089993855112009-08-24T20:56:08.000+10:002009-08-24T20:56:08.000+10:00Did "primitive" man ever think thunder w...Did "primitive" man ever think thunder was associated with the anger of God as anything more than a metaphore? I rather doubt it. This is the classic secularist explaination for the origin of religion - that man invented God to explain what he didn't understand in nature. I think that this is false and based on a euro-centric blindness. Early man used nature (which he understood only partialy) as a metaphore to explain God (who he didn't understand at all). This, of course, requires the impossible thought that primitive man was just as capable of sophisticated culture and thought as modern European philosophers.An Liaignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-51925285426968358522009-08-24T21:12:26.000+10:002009-08-24T21:12:26.000+10:00Ah, but could primitive man write such good poetry...Ah, but could primitive man write such good poetry? :-)Schützhttp://www.scecclesia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-89224657425321085202009-08-25T01:21:39.000+10:002009-08-25T01:21:39.000+10:00He may not have been able to write it but he could...He may not have been able to write it but he could certainly sing, speak and pray such good poetry - yes poetry as good as this. These are all things modern man finds hard to do.An Liaignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21487528.post-66366423055200567472009-08-25T03:58:36.000+10:002009-08-25T03:58:36.000+10:00True. Tolkien thought the ancients sang better poe...True. Tolkien thought the ancients sang better poetry than we do.Schützhttp://www.scecclesia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com