Earlier today I sat down at my computer intending to post a poll that asked the following:
"What Christian writer, well known in Adventist circles, made the following statement after becomming a Christian: 'Now the story of Christ is simply a myth. . ."
I then was going to ask another question as to what people thought was going on with that person. I would have had some fun with it, and illlustrated a point that I wanted to make.
But, as I sat at my computer, I checked my source again, and this is what that Christian writer actually said: "Now the story of Christ is simply a true myth. . ."
You know, that addition of that one word "true" makes all of the difference in the world. So, I have not posted my poll and begun my discussion.
The lesson I relearned: Check your sources, and re-check.
Also, let me now quote a longer part of that sentence: "Now the story of Christ is simply a true myth: a myth working on us in the same ways as the others, but with this tremendous difference that it really happened. . ."
As the above illustarates, isolated, brief quotations, taken out of the larger material in which they are said can be totally misunderstood. This is why I often take someone elses quotes with a grain of salt.
NOTE: The word "myth" is used by some disciplines in a manner that does not deny the truth of the story.