Reply #92: You're nitpicking

[sangh0]

*We* are not talking primarily about Judeo-Christianity. Maybe you are, but the rest of us are not.

many religions are based on myths

Wrong. The religions are based on beliefs. The stories are meant to help people understand the beliefs, and not the other way around, as you describe it.

Christians base their belief on the books that contain these myths,

Wrong again. (Most) Christians believe in a certain philosophy which those stories help people understand. The stories derive from the beliefs. The beliefs are not derived from the stories. Several religious people have been trying to explain this to you, yet you, an atheist, continue to insist that you know more about what we believe than we do.

the Christian falls back on the "yeah, but it's just a myth that means whatever I want it to" line of argument.

And again, it's not "whatever I WANT it to" - it's "whatever I actually and honestly DO believe it means"

At least we're getting some of the pro-religion contingent to admit that these are myths. Maybe now discussions like this won't be locked.

AFAIK, no thread has ever been locked because of the word "mythology". And AFAIK, no one on DU has ever denied that many of the stories are "mythological" in nature.

That this thread remains unlocked is testament to the subjective nature of censorship.

This thread remain unlocked because everyone here, with one exception, is reponding calmly and reasonably