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Thread #100330   Message #2043597
Posted By: Amos
04-May-07 - 08:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: New things about atheism
Subject: RE: BS: New things about atheism
Mythology as such is not a harm. Mrzzy. In fact, it is a very rich and human way of communicating complex views and ideals. I am thinking of the wonderful legacy, for example, of the tales of the Norse gods, or the myths of Minerva, Zeus, and and Hera at play in the fields of immortality. The harms arrive when an individual makes the mistake of asking the myths into the real world, and using them as answers in the wrong domain, or substitutes for seeing and dealing with real factors. In their own domain, good myths are priceless.

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