myth vs religion!!!!!

[yuriythebest]

right, I was reading "religion explained" and there was a reference to the ancient (was it norse?) myth about thor and his magic hammer and how that created lighting. that got me thinking - instead of giving all this verbal authority to theistic beliefs by calling em "the Buddhist tradition" , "the biblical accounts", "the Jewish religion", it's much more "sterile" to say stuff like:

"in the christian mythology, christ died for our sins"
"according to Islamic mythology, Mohamed was the prophet of a god called Allah"
"in the Buddhist mythology, Buddha was a prince who became enlightened"

consciousness raising I tell ya

and this is not "insulting", indeed according to thefreedictionary.com

myth (mth)
1.
a. A traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society: the myth of Eros and Psyche; a creation myth.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/myth

god I feel so atheistic right now...