[thechat] Icons was Mythology was comics

[Andrew Forsberg]

>But, just as those following Moses needed a material representation 
>of their faith, so do we today.

My cats have two icons / religious experiences in their lives. One is 
the fountain of manna from heaven (dried food appearing in bowls). 
The second is variable in its instances -- sometimes it's a metal 
object which radiates intense warmth and sleepy-making joy (an oil 
column heater), other times it is a towering inferno which also 
radiates joyous warmth (the fireplace).

I'm not sure what, if any, instruction they receive from these 
manifestations ... but they're exceedingly pleased by the whole 
process.

Same sort of thing, really, isn't it?

[I'm not trying to belittle faith -- just contextualize it for those 
of us who really don't care for religion. I can almost imagine it if 
I think of religious faith as a sort of security blanket, like 
Linus's blanket in peanuts cartoons, or my cats' thrice-daily feeding 
frenzy.]
-- 
Andrew Forsberg
http://www.thepander.co.nz/