Religion is myth. By saying this, I don't mean "religion is myth and a myth is a story that is not true, therefore religion is not true." Myth usual describes, by metaphor, a truth about the essential nature of things. It is not the truth. It is A truth.

The mistake is in believing that the metaphor is the literal truth. The response should not be a statement, such as "Now I know the Truth," but a question, such as "What is this trying to teach me?"

For example:-- What is important is not whether Jesus was really born of a virgin (it is a convention of mythology that all "special" persons, such as kings, gods, heroes, etc., were born in some miraculous manner), but what did Jesus say and how did Jesus live? If you get hung up on the obstetric details, you're missing the point.

IMO

Don Firth