Myth (General)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Monday, August 08, 2011, 23:48 (4856 days ago) @ dhw

dhw,
> "The main area of weakness, to my mind, is the lack of attempts to distinguish the fine line that lies between the end of myth and the beginning of unassailable facts. This is the major problem for those who take the earliest documents into account, such as the biblical history in Genesis. However, it is not just a problem with the distant past, but also continues into the present. We like to say that we are now into the 21st century, as though we have entered an era of such a technological high point that the dark days of illogic and superstition are behind us, but nothing could be further from the truth. How many religions are still practised without any thought of assessing the actual facts behind their origins? How many conspiracy theories are believed because they make an exciting story in an entertainment-driven society? How many new myths have been invented, which appeal to those not overly given to a rational consideration of the facts? Even that supposed bastion of rationality, science, has been shown, in the realms of cosmology at least, and, recently, global warming, to be nothing better than a religion, with its own brand of inquisition to suppress unbelievers. So it is not just concerning the dim and distant past that we need always to be aware that we must actively seek the line between myth and fact."-This corresponds smashingly with the post I sent towards my friend Kent, that suggests that we all choose our mythologies of choice...

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"