(February 20, 2015 at 11:47 am)dennyg Wrote: Because a lot of it has been found to be historically accurate
And a lot of it has been found to be inaccurate.
Regardless, how does historical accuracy equate to ideological legitimacy? Why would using times and places correctly mean that its supernatural claims are true?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell