Still Stealing from the gods

Why Prometheus? I guess because I see the need for someone to rebel against the gods of our culture. In the mythological story, after the "Fall of Kronos" Zeus lost interest in humans and desired that they would live primitive lives until they died off. Subsequently he took no interest in mankind. Prometheus representing compassion and desiring that humanity would flourish, stole the creative fire and other gifts from Zeus to give it to humanity who flourished mightily and built a stronger more sophisticated culture full of religion and the arts. Zeus became angry and punsihed Prometheus for this act of treason, and a thwarting of his own plan to "Reshape creation." In order to regain control Zeus along with Hephaistos, Athena and Aphrodite, made the temptress "Pandora" to infuse the earth with evil and ruin its run of success.
So what's the point? Get moving! As followers of Christ it is imperative that we steal back the fire from the cultural gods, and connect the arts, theology and culture back to the transcendent creator, without which the arts, theology and culture become meaningless. I'm hoping in my blog to challenge the prevailing ethos and pathos that often goes unchallenged because it is assumed to be true. I hope to write to a wide audience, but most clearly to an evangelical audience that sometimes substitutes convenience for truth, and assumptions rather than reality. It's time we take a long hard look at culture and quit blaming culture for all of our evils, and begin to construct a faith that looks more like Christ and less like American politics and capitalism. We can no longer worhsip a hyphenated Jesus, but must be compelled to stare deep into the eyes and teachings of our savior, and act out His message to a starving world who has been duped into believing that what they percieve is all there is. Let's move forward together in a revolution of love that challenges both the culture and the church, because that's what Jesus did. It is interesting to note that in the biblical story of creation, God gave man everything he needed to succeed, and called everything He made "Good." God called man to "Be fruitful" and "Serve the creation," giving humanity a soul and a purpose, and even in the midst of mankind's rebellion (Not stealing fire) to go about life his own way, God still provides clothes from them, and ultimately a new way to be human (Through the sending of the Messiah see Genesis 3:15) because of His compassion for His creation. The problem is we buy the lie that the best way to a joy filled life is doing things our own way without God, so we create Prometheus like stories and call them good. We celebrate rebellion, and choose to "Worship the creation instead of the creator," and then still feel the need to blame others including God for our own actions. I certainly don't think a true follower of Prometheus would believe any of this crap that I wrote, but I still would challenge you to consider Christ; Not Christianity, but Christ, and see if there is truly a new way to be human, because the old way just doesn't seem to working too well?