A Question of Religion and Myth
Taliesin2

Thu May 18 20:04:59 2000
I'm not trying to be inflamatory here, but I found this interesting. And I was wondering if what is said in the response holds water. BTW, the part of the response that I am wondering about will be surrounded by underscores which are _ . *p**br*THE QUESTION:*p*> I don't know if this question has been asked, but it's something I*br*> really want to know.  Why do people believe in the Bible?  Is it *br*> because you were raised to?  The Bible was written by humans.  *br*> Although it claims to be the words of god.. what if it was written *br*> by men and nothing more.. have people thought about that.*br*>*br*> I posted this here because I think all religions have mythological*br*> qualities and aspects.*p*THE RESPONSE:*p**br*> It doesn't matter, people believe what they will.  In my experience > most religious people are so because they were led into it by *br*> parents and/or their society to answer your question.  I also *br*> believe that a lot of Christians now do not believe in the literal > word of the Bible - that is, they believe in their god, but not *br*> necessarily in Adam and Eve, etc.*br*> *br*> _Religion and myth are sort of the same.  Myth is no longer *br*> believed in, whereas religion is._*br*>*br*> Some people believe(I tend to agree) that the Bible will soon have > the same significance of 'The Odyssey' or 'The 1001 Nights' - as *br*> alegorical stories.*p*> Regardless, a large % of the world population will probably find *br*> your beliefs(or lack of) to be strange.*p*I find this interesting. Especially the comment that Myth is no longer believed in. Thoughts, people?