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Originally posted by Agit8dChop
Something along the lines of the romans?
And there gods?
These mythical creatures which were the reason everything was done, were mearly just a thought, rather than a real being.
Im sure jesus did exist as a human being..
but all the mythical things are mearly stories, and representations of inner man.
Originally posted by goose
While I know that many people swear by the bible based on nothing more than blind faith, and the faith that there is some historical data in it, is it also a myth? I find myself wondering if it is all just that, myth; due to people living in that time period not understanding any science or much about the world around them. Due to their not understanding the world around them, everything was explained in mystical terms, as in if they did not know what caused it, they assigned it to being from God. Out of this lack of knowledge and understanding mixed with a bit of history came religion. It is all starting to sound like a big old fairytale with a bit of reality thrown in as in some history.
Take Sleeping Beauty for instance, the evil and the good is present in that story, she dies, rises from the dead and all the kingdom is saved, now throw in some historical data with that fairytale and you have something similar to the bible.
I'm starting to think the bible is nothing more than a myth that we cling to like a child does to a security blanket, something we need in our lives.
[edit on 27-9-2006 by goose]
Originally posted by Strangerous
It's all myth - invented to explain the (at the time) unexplainable. Take Adam & Eve now it's laugable but that was before evolution etc was understood.
[edit on 29/9/2006 by Strangerous]
Originally posted by Strangerous
I and you are ape-like creatures that evolved to a stage where we can invent silly creation stories and use technology to conduct circular arguments about their validity at vast distances.
It is ridiculous, in fact it's all incredibly funny - right up to the point where it's used as justification for torture and murder.
Originally posted by HarpStrings
Take every outside influence and opinion you have and place it asside. Read Genesis and come back and share with me what you think and what made you laugh about the story. This isn't a test and you won't be graded. I would just like your hypothesis of it. There is no time limit either and you can turn it down.
But you might learn something about yourself and your own mind and it would be interesting/exciting to discuss.
Originally posted by HarpStrings
Originally posted by goose
While I know that many people swear by the bible based on nothing more than blind faith, and the faith that there is some historical data in it, is it also a myth? I find myself wondering if it is all just that, myth; due to people living in that time period not understanding any science or much about the world around them. Due to their not understanding the world around them, everything was explained in mystical terms, as in if they did not know what caused it, they assigned it to being from God. Out of this lack of knowledge and understanding mixed with a bit of history came religion.
[edit on 27-9-2006 by goose]
Who are we to say that in biblical times people didn't understand the world around them. We still live this way. We don't know what caused the earth and man etc..Are we a myth as well? I can't speak for every God worshipping man, but I can say for myself that faith isn't blind at all. There is a lot of power in the mind of man, gather enough of it over the years and there you have it; myth turned into fact.
Originally posted by HarpStrings
Just out of curiosity, do you also think Indigenous people are absurd? Is it because their behavior is different to what you consider 'normal' by today's terms? Whether the creation story is a myth, a factual event that took place, or written in the thrid person, still doesn't make it laughable in my opinion. I'm here living and breathing as well as you and we both got here from the same source, yet I think it's amazing and beautiful and you think it's a joke
In closing all I can say is praise the Lord for creating us, whether He walked through some garden picking His nose in doing so or carefully constructing life.
Originally posted by goose
As late as the 1600-1800's if milk soured just as someone came by that person was said to be a witch. If a person was stricken with an illness just as someone came by or walked into a room that person was also said to be a witch. People were killed as a result of being accused of being a witch.
This I think is a clear indication of people not understanding science and the world around them, people often did strange things when they saw a ring around the moon or meteors falling or meteor showers to protect themselves, it is clear that history has records of these things,
so I think it is a pretty sure bet that the further back one goes there would be even less of an understanding of science and natural things by people who lived in biblical times. I think that is pretty much a given based on known historical documents and the fact that as each day goes by we learn a bit more scientifically to explain the unknowns in our own world.
Your last sentence intriques me, are you saying that maybe God did not exist and the power of the human mind collectively has taken a myth and created religion? So then you are agreeing with me, it's a myth! So if something is created from nothing, but becomes reality to many over the years through their diehard refusal to believe anything else, is religion, is it real? Yes it is, you can physically touch a church and read their doctrine, but the basis of it, the myth. is not real. It's a fairytale, nothing more.