It’s occurred to me a lot over the last few years just how
limited the written word is as a medium of communication. Even in the most
skilled hands, it can’t hold a candle to direct personal contact when it comes
to expressing the more rarefied subtleties.
So what does this say about our understanding of history,
when we only have the written word to go on? Good, maybe, but it could be
better.
2 comments:
SO TRUE!
Especially when it comes to 'religious' history. Hey, even the boys who wrote the FOUR version of the Christian scriptures couldn't agree.
So...why all this killing over words no one can verify?!
But it seems that three of the boys were just regurgitating the Mithras story to get the Romans onside.
You lost me with the last bit.
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