Religulous
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- lukus_W0
"please explain as this seems completely baseless."
Well - that was one of the points that was made in the book .. it struck a chord at the time and I remembered it.
The book dissects the classic elements and ideas that are common throughout myths and legends across history - and also talks about possible places these myths may have originated; citing African folklore as a defining source .. and also drawing parallels between the stages that a human has to pass through (physiologically) and the distinct stages that the 'hero' needs to pass through in various traditional mythologies.
The thing that I found interesting, was the idea that that notions of story have developed through necessity (to explain the physical and psychological changes that humankind goes through). I hadn't really considered this before on any pseudo-deep level.
Anyway, I'm rambling a bit - my point probably still seems fairly baseless. But, in the little amount of time I've lived so far - I know from experience that self-adoration doesn't usually lead to the best things .. and looking for things outside of ourselves to appreciate usually leads to better. I suppose, I basically think that some religions or spiritualities can provide a good a blueprint for living.
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"imagination is healthy, yes. projecting something you don't understand into an external being that you can talk to is called crazy."
Yeah well, I agree - but many millions of people don't :)
- FearOfDeath, fear of the dark, fear of each other.mikotondria3
- there's a difference between self adoration and taking responsibility for one's own lifescarabin
- I don't know, maybe. But I do know that society largely teaches us to think we're each individually the most the important things in the universe.lukus_W
- important things in the universe.lukus_W
- I completely agree we should each take responsibility .. we should choose for ourselves. I see what you're saying.lukus_W