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[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Yeah, but just because there weren't any novels doesn't mean there weren't stories. When few people read books, and all of those people were pretty scholarly, books tended to be scholarly items. Then printing became cheaper and easier, and more and more people became literate, and instead of a bard going around telling stories (or people gathering in the pub or what have you) you started having stories written down for popular consumption.

Christ is but one example of a self-sacrificing etc. etc. figure. It seems like it's already clear that in order to have what many of y'all are calling a Christ figure, you don't have to have resurrection, you don't have to have a gospel-y style, you don't have to have any number of biblical stylistic elements. But when you take all that away, it sounds much more like a general self-sacrificing etc. etc. figure.

I just think that having "Christ-like" as the standard and parallels being drawn only to the Bible is a limited viewpoint; there's more construct than there needs to be and that ideal didn't originate with Christ so there's no reason to have his stuff be the checklist.

Its ironic. I blunder into this Christ figure debate and get crucified by leagleaze. I didn't sacrifice myself for anyone else though.....