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Sat Feb 11, 2012, 08:14 PM

NAO (3,305 posts)

1. I don't like religion, but I feel bad for religious people who get used

and they don't even know it.

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43 replies	Author	Time	Post
"One person's myth is another person's religion" [View all]	Justice wanted	Feb 2012	OP
I don't like religion, but I feel bad for religious people who get used	NAO	Feb 2012	#1
very true. I do feel the same way.	Justice wanted	Feb 2012	#3
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.	NAO	Feb 2012	#2
Why should religion get any more or less respect than mythology?	cleanhippie	Feb 2012	#4
It shouldn't but the gentleman who wrote the book was explain how the term Mythology was used	Justice wanted	Feb 2012	#6
Is it not a valid comparison?	cleanhippie	Feb 2012	#8
I think they are. If you look at what we refer to as Mythology it is in fact Old religions that	Justice wanted	Feb 2012	#9
I personally believe there is a magic to mythology.	napoleon_in_rags	Feb 2012	#5
I try to remember too that what we call mythology today really WAS	AleksS	Feb 2012	#7
Socrates	tama	Feb 2012	#29
Mythology is just religion that is interesting.	provis99	Feb 2012	#10
Well, when you're inside looking out	skepticscott	Feb 2012	#11
Exactly.	Justice wanted	Feb 2012	#12
That's an excellent description!	GliderGuider	Feb 2012	#41
Sorry if it's a myth	edhopper	Feb 2012	#13
It helps to remember that a myth isn't always religious.	GliderGuider	Feb 2012	#14
You're really conflating two meanings of the word "myth"	skepticscott	Feb 2012	#16
Not conflating exactly.	GliderGuider	Feb 2012	#20
The term "story" in that definition doesn't mean "history" or "news report"...	Silent3	Feb 2012	#17
When you use the term "history" you step straight into the realm of mythology.	GliderGuider	Feb 2012	#21
The fact that history gets slanted and mythologized...	Silent3	Feb 2012	#23
Conversely, the idea of what a historical account is supposed to be	GliderGuider	Feb 2012	#25
The term "story"	tama	Feb 2012	#31
I'm sure you know quite well...	Silent3	Feb 2012	#34
Synchronic or contemporary	tama	Feb 2012	#37
Who said any about "more meaningful"?	Silent3	Feb 2012	#38
IIRC	tama	Feb 2012	#40
The only thing I'm going to presuppose in this context...	Silent3	Feb 2012	#42
How is the Big Bang	edhopper	Feb 2012	#18
Well, for one thing we have no way of knowing if it's true	GliderGuider	Feb 2012	#22
Perhaps some people misunderstand or distort or mythologize the Big Bang...	Silent3	Feb 2012	#24
You're right - the theory is not a myth, it's a theory.	GliderGuider	Feb 2012	#26
This and your other response...	Silent3	Feb 2012	#33
Well said.	edhopper	Feb 2012	#35
The scientific theory isn't "window dressing" on the myth.	GliderGuider	Feb 2012	#36
Speaking from the point of view	tama	Feb 2012	#39
The solution to avoiding "might makes right"...	Silent3	Feb 2012	#43
Well, all religions are myths, but not all myths are religions.	immoderate	Feb 2012	#15
These days	rrneck	Feb 2012	#19
Not true.	darkstar3	Feb 2012	#28
Good point. nt	rrneck	Feb 2012	#30
Yup	tama	Feb 2012	#32
I got in trouble with my mom when I was a kid because I asked when she thought	ZombieHorde	Feb 2012	#27

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