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"The 'Dragon' is a metaphor for God." should have been omitted from the preamble. if the reader cannot figure out that the dragon = god the rest of the argumen
by tdonia 18y ago
"The 'Dragon' is a metaphor for God."
should have been omitted from the preamble. if the reader cannot figure out that the dragon = god the rest of the argument is in more trouble than explicitly asserting that can fix. and for the rest of us, it's a lousy spoiler.
- ricree 18y agoIt's been a while since I read Demon Haunted World, but I'm pretty sure that the Dragon wasn't even supposed to specifically be a metaphor for God. Instead, it was supposed to be a metaphor for all supernatural claims. In particular, Sagan had previously spent a large amount of time in the earlier parts of the book discussing claims of alien abductions, and relating them to historical cases of "demonic possession". While this story can certainly be used as a metaphor for God, I believe that focusing on that misses the overall point of the story.