[UA] Jesus in the UnAverse (was RE: Interesting plotline gene rator...)

[Nick Wedig]

>I'm not sure if Kenedy and Elvis actually count as apt
>examples.  This may be a very cynical modern attitude,
>since all heros have flaws, but Kenedy was very modern
>and popular...he said a lot of great stuff, but he
>didn't necessarily DO as many good things as those
>mentioned in the past.  As for why he was killed,
>that's still a total unknown.
>Elvis, on the other hand, was totally a popular
>entertainer.  He wasn't martyred for anything, he died
>due to his own abuse of food and drugs (and stress,
>most likely), and didn't really contribute much to
>society other than some fairly cool music, trends in
>musical behaviour, etc.

I was not suggesting that either actually did anything of importance.  I was rather suggesting their importance in the American collective psyche was due to the general public linking their characters with that of "The King" (and explaining why the death of Kennedy is so much more important than his life, and why Elvis keeps showing up, both of which are due to subconscious connections with the Christ figure, perhaps).  Precisely the fact that neither accomplished as much as their reputations would seem to show is evidence towards what I was arguing, that they achieved what they have by matching mental archetypes rather than through accomplishment.
(Another example of the King archetype I should have mentioned, Emperor Norton I of the United States, and Protector of Mexico, accomplished basically nothing yet survived simply on the graces of his being King, and so has survived in history as a weird historical anomaly rather than being forgotten as a crazy man as hundreds or thousands of other people in similar circumstances did)

Mr. Teapot
proving Truth via Paradox

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