A comprehensive, diachronic
metanarrative is not replaced by a single, synchronic episode. A single episode
does not (cannot) replace a metanarrative; metanarratives (that is, a string of
episodes) replace metanarratives. Metanarratives are too ingrained, too
powerful, too embedded, and too bulky to be replaced by a single event. In order to get at true meaning, any lived-in rival
metanarrative (that is, rival to God's true metanarrative) must be replaced or temporarily ignored. A rival metanarrative will not be replaced by a single episode; it can, however, be replaced by a competing, comprehensive, deemed-greater string of stories. Since this is true (or, if this is true – for those less convinced) the implications are huge.
