Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Blog Post 1: Quotation on Writing

"All human beings have an innate need to hear and tell stories and to have a story to live by... religion, whatever else it has done, has provided on of this main ways of meeting this abiding need." - Harvey Cox

This quote made me think for a second. It has a good point. If we never heard stories or told them we'd be a very unimaginative universe. Stories help us to explain how we feel, what we saw, what we want to be when we grow up. Everyone has that childhood fairytale story that they heard growing up that still makes them laugh or enjoy if they still her it. Stories help people to fell like they were their when it was happening. Weather they read it in a book or someone was telling a story.

The statement of purpose for this quote I believe is to make a point saying that religion is one the the best examples for using (hearing, telling, and to live by) stories to get the message or point across of what the speaker or communicator is trying to say. This quote in its self is proving a point. As human beings, weather your 3yrs old or 96 yrs old, we like to hear to stories. It helps us to understand or feel like we know what the speaker is talking about. Everyone of us, everyday, tell a story. Weather it is about us, something we saw or heard, or someone else else. To explain things or feeling to people we tend to use stories to explain them. This quote is just stating a fact. I don't think it is trying to persuade you to become religious. This could be intended for anyone, but mainly to prove a point that stories are important.

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