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Thursday, November 13, 2003 |
The Myths of Children.
The homeless children of Miami have developed an interesting and
amazing belief system, which brings them hope and the ability to
understand the world and the circumstances they exist in. This story,
as written by Lynda Edwards for the Miami New Times gives an insightful
and at times, beautiful look into the folklore and tales of the
children. "To homeless children sleeping on the street, neon is
as comforting as a night-light. Angels love colored light too. After
nightfall in downtown Miami, they nibble on the NationsBank building --
always drenched in a green, pink, or golden glow. "They eat light so
they can fly," eight-year-old Andre tells the children sitting on the
patio of the Salvation Army's emergency shelter on NW 38th Street.
Andre explains that the angels hide in the building while they study
battle maps. "There's a lot of killing going on in Miami," he says.
"You want to fight, want to learn how to live, you got to learn the
secret stories." The small group listens intently to these tales told
by homeless children in shelters. " [kuro5hin.org]
This story from the Miami New Times
is pretty amazing, and incredible reading. The kuro5hin.org posting
that's the first stop in the link above is also amazing. It degenerates
quickly into backbiting and name calling, with one poster virtually
saying the "liberals" will try to wipe out Christians when they take
control. What's really interesting to me is the way this Christian
person calls this pagan heresy, but it's so obvious that the mythology
that these homeless dream up is no different than the little myths that
added up to create the big religions. They do as good a job explaining
the world around them as do mainstream and supposedly logical
religions. I just can't see the difference between those who explain
their world with mysterious blue lady and those who see the virgin in fence posts or tree stumps.
Hell, why would anyone try to get rid of the religious, with fence
posts and tree stumps around it's too much fun to make fun of them.
Anyway, do read the homeless children of Miami story.
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