March 13th, 2003, 10:16 AM
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Re: [OT] Plato\'s Pub and Philosophical Society
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Absolutely, I won't argue with you on that point, QuarianRex. Now...what term to use? I'm afraid my thesaurus gives me even more terms with connotations of falsehood: lore, fable, legend, and fantasy. Any ideas?
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The problem here is that mythology does not denote falsehood, and does not actually connote it either; that is a misconception perpetuated by a Christian-dominated culture that has butchered the term so that it can be used by those that do not have a strong grasp on the intricacies of the English language to deride all non-Christian myths, while leaving Christian myths alone (accompanined by not using the term myth to describe Christian myths). Being a myth has no bearing on the effect/meaning of a story.
... just so there is no confusion, this is an argument about language, not about anything really religious. 
[ March 13, 2003, 08:16: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ] |