Agreed.
Might I point out the difference between "the name" and "a name", please.whoops. you're right.
And also the subtle difference between a or the name of something (or someone) and what it gets called.Now it's my turn to split hairs. I still consider it a mythology. A personal mythology for each and every Christian out there. Now, what you call something in your personal mythology depends upon what you want to call it.
Which is why I specified the modern US Christian.
Which is why I said that the length of this thread proved my point. The personal mythologies have their roots in the older mythologies. But not everything gets carried over. Things that are linguistically specific, in particular, don't get copied over.
To put it in concrete terms, think concrete. More specifically, think an old temple.
The basic design gets copied for a new temple. But the terrain in the new area doesn't allow for a 100% perfect copy to be made (not to mention that the building materials aren't the same in the new area).
So, asking where a door is, in the new temple, should be a simple question.
"Where is the door in the temple?"
Now, suppose someone says "the same as in the old temple". But the door is not in that location.
Where is the door? Is it where it is in the new temple? Is it where tradition (and the old temple) has it?
The question isn't so complex when we're talking about concrete items. When we're discussing a mythological character, it gets murky.
