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myth vs religion!!!!!
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myth vs religion!!!!!
August 15, 2010 at 6:35 am (This post was last modified: August 15, 2010 at 6:42 am by yuriythebest.)
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RE: myth vs religion!!!!!
August 15, 2010 at 6:45 am
Basically this thread is 'Myth vs Myth'
"God is dead" - Friedrich Nietzsche

"Faith is what you have in things that DON'T exist. - Homer J. Simpson
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RE: myth vs religion!!!!!
August 15, 2010 at 6:50 am (This post was last modified: August 15, 2010 at 6:51 am by yuriythebest.)
(August 15, 2010 at 6:45 am)Shinylight Wrote: Basically this thread is 'Myth vs Myth'

it's about language use/ consciousness raising. to not use authoritative words that give theism power like "tradition","faith","account", "religion", etc etc instead to use "myth", "mythology", etc
that way, especially if you are talking to theists you are not giving the other side the aura of credulity
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RE: myth vs religion!!!!!
August 15, 2010 at 6:55 am
(August 15, 2010 at 6:50 am)yuriythebest Wrote:
(August 15, 2010 at 6:45 am)Shinylight Wrote: Basically this thread is 'Myth vs Myth'

it's about language use/ consciousness raising. to not use authoritative words that give theism power like "tradition","faith","account", "religion", etc etc instead to use "myth", "mythology", etc
that way, especially if you are talking to theists you are not giving the other side the aura of credulity

I prefer to use "fairy tale" when tailking about the religious stories, they do the same job and contain the same amount of "fact".



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RE: myth vs religion!!!!!
August 15, 2010 at 8:30 am
No you're right, people shouldn't treat them as true.
"God is dead" - Friedrich Nietzsche

"Faith is what you have in things that DON'T exist. - Homer J. Simpson
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RE: myth vs religion!!!!!
August 15, 2010 at 10:59 am
"Religion" is synonymous with "myth" to me.
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RE: myth vs religion!!!!!
August 15, 2010 at 12:38 pm
(August 15, 2010 at 10:59 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: "Religion" is synonymous with "myth" to me.
to you yes, sure. however when talking with laypeople or theists they sometimes may have a different opinion of how "religion deserves respect and should not be criticized yadda yadda" and calling stuff, say, in the bible "mythology" reframes it.

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RE: myth vs religion!!!!!
August 15, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Sure, go ahead. Great
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RE: myth vs religion!!!!!
August 15, 2010 at 1:01 pm
There is no myth vs. religion since religion is myth.
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RE: myth vs religion!!!!!
August 15, 2010 at 1:42 pm
I think Myths are the origin and death of religions. A myth can turn either to legend or to religion, they are both still myths in this regard.
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