It seems obvious to me because I have lived that. Still am. I am not sure what it IMPLIES or what I am to do with that fact, but I suppose the Lewisian point is that the sustenance derived points to something more true than the myth itself. I love that quote
That makes perfect sense. Sometimes there are quotes, ideas, passages, lyrics, etc. that you hear or read that hit you and you find them to be absolutely profound truth. You just feel it in your gut. Then if/when you try to explain it to someone or analyze it, you can't because it just is.
I ran into this recently while discussing the song "Don't Got to Prove It" by CIV on an episode of a podcast that I cohost. For reference (though even this context is pretty deep in the weeds), CIV was a band in the mid-to-late 1990s that was formed by members of the NYC hardcore punk band Gorilla Biscuits. The closing track on their 1995 debut 'Set Your Goals,' "Don't Got to Prove It," is this very stripped down anthem that is about self-reliance and independent thought. When my partner in crime asked me about the song, what it means to me and what I thought was its message, all I could think was "it means what it means, just listen to it."
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this line from the Lewis quote --
"I suspect that men have sometimes derived more spiritual sustenance from myths they did not believe than from the religion they professed."
That one stood out to me as especially profound.
It seems obvious to me because I have lived that. Still am. I am not sure what it IMPLIES or what I am to do with that fact, but I suppose the Lewisian point is that the sustenance derived points to something more true than the myth itself. I love that quote
That makes perfect sense. Sometimes there are quotes, ideas, passages, lyrics, etc. that you hear or read that hit you and you find them to be absolutely profound truth. You just feel it in your gut. Then if/when you try to explain it to someone or analyze it, you can't because it just is.
I ran into this recently while discussing the song "Don't Got to Prove It" by CIV on an episode of a podcast that I cohost. For reference (though even this context is pretty deep in the weeds), CIV was a band in the mid-to-late 1990s that was formed by members of the NYC hardcore punk band Gorilla Biscuits. The closing track on their 1995 debut 'Set Your Goals,' "Don't Got to Prove It," is this very stripped down anthem that is about self-reliance and independent thought. When my partner in crime asked me about the song, what it means to me and what I thought was its message, all I could think was "it means what it means, just listen to it."