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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:07 AM Original message |
Myth has outlived its utility |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Has any human society ever existed without myth? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's a good point |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. To further my analogy |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. By teaching critical thinking |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Wouldn't that eliminate myth |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I don't think so, at least not automatically |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm no history expert |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 12:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Do you think that creation of myth is the dividing line between humans |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 06:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. It is impossible to tell |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. Look at your definition of myth. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I declined to define |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. self delete. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
10. You need to read 'The Power of Myth' |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I have read that |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. If you'd really read Campbell |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I beg your pardon |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. No, but it would help if you understood Campbell |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 12:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Have you read past page 5? ;) nt |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. Most have, yes. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. I think myth has outlived it's usefulness. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Please don't get the idea that I am only talking about religion |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I don't need an Earth mother myth either |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Ah, ok. :) |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I like that. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. Maybe You're Right |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Once again you missed the point |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Oh, I Understand You Perfectly Cosmik |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
28. Not all myths are religious in nature. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 08:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I agree (see post 21) |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Manifest Destiny is perhaps the worst of myths. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Everyone has their favorite Rockefeller horror story |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Well, Christianity also supported Manifest Destiny. |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That's right. |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
34. I haven't read Campbell, |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Devil's Advocate position |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I don't see how more sensible societal goals |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. 15 yard penalty for illegal substitution :) |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Realities, goals, needs, values - |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. sorry, I didn't mean to frustrate you. |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 08:50 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Thank you for that nice surprise. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. Rationalism might be a myth |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I don’t know how to take that. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-06-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. If They Get Food |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Or even a wrong belief, if it does a good thing? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. The difference is |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I don't think that there is any relevant connection |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. The myth of nationalism |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Huh? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 10:37 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Nationalism isn't a myth |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. It was not my idea |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I am disagreeing with you. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Yes, Nationalism is a myth. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. A Very Good Point |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Rationalism |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. good point, rationalism is being viciously attacked by postmodernist... |
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