1. subjective- does it give reply/action, does it give meaning to my life
2. objective- not idolatrous- points, participates but doesnt claim ultimacy for itself (does it adequately express ultimate?)

agrees demythologizing NT when you can recognize it as a myth or a symbol for what it is → broken myth

does NOT agree with removing myth and symbol and putting in “scientific substitutes”

no substitute for myth and symbols

there is natural and reactive symbolism

• infallibility often used as tool of repression in church and bible (pope)