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Why do humans create myths? What makes us create something like the myth of Gilgamesh, the Odessy, or Noah's Flood?
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Why do you think all these are myths? Hinduism also has a story about a flood.
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"I am neither mind, intellect, ego, nor thoughts, I am not the five senses, I am beyond that." ~ Atma Shatakam ![]()
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Then I came back from where I'd been. My room, it looked the same - but there was nothing left between The Nameless and the name. - Leonard Cohen. |
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"I am neither mind, intellect, ego, nor thoughts, I am not the five senses, I am beyond that." ~ Atma Shatakam ![]()
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People create myths to explain things they cannot. Or to remember things (lessons and such) that they find important.
Things like the whole chopping down the cherry tree is to surround people with a certian feeling of desire to do something. I really feel that myths and ledgends are created to bring people together as a group whether it be religious or spiritual, patriotic or in arm, i think that they are things that are necissary to bind people to a common belief or way of thinking.
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I always give money to homeless people, ya know, just incase its Jesus in disquise. ~ Some guy from Last Comic Standing |
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I think myths are for people to believe in. However, some myths can be shown as guides and were probably never meant to be taken litteraly.
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David It's like a finger pointing at the moon...... Look at the moon stupid
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Because the world is untidy and we wish it were not.
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Myths are a culture's way of teaching some Truth to the members of the culture. |
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