Do You Believe in Certain Myths & Legends?

Started by Graceful October 25th, 2009 4:18 AM
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Well Do You? I'm quite falling for The Myth about Chinese goddess "Chang'e"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e_%28mythology%29

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Well, I wouldn't diss any myths.

I mean, I believe in some lengends such as The Loch Ness Monster,
Because So many people report seeing it, and It could just be an aquatic Dinosaur that lived.

They found that prehistoric fish off the coast of africa that everyone thought was extinct, right?
Could be that Nessie is one.

I find that "I'll believe it when I see it" attitude is pretty ignorant.
You can't just say "It's false until I see it with my own eyes".
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Well, I wouldn't diss any myths.

I mean, I believe in some lengends such as The Loch Ness Monster,
Because So many people report seeing it, and It could just be an aquatic Dinosaur that lived.

They found that prehistoric fish off the coast of africa that everyone thought was extinct, right?
Could be that Nessie is one.

I find that "I'll believe it when I see it" attitude is pretty ignorant.
You can't just say "It's false until I see it with my own eyes".
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Well, the thing is, religion itself is a cumulation of myths and legends, its just that the ones we label myths and legends are simply extinct (like Greek Mythology) or not fully recognized in our culture (like Hindu Mythology). They believed in Zeus or Vishnu just as much as you or I believe in God, or how much an atheist doesn't believe in such.

My own beliefs are in a flexible version of God and Him (or Her 8D) alone, but that's no reason to neglect or dismiss the beliefs of others, whether they existed in the past or now.

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I believe in some, of these things because I'm religious and believe in God. Usually, Djinn cause these things to lead humans astray. But that's just my opinion on the matter so don't debate on it.
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When people say that I retaliate with: "So air doesn't exist?"
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The difference there is, air has been scientifically proven to exist. Whereas the "Loch Ness Monster" is more like a fad that seemed to catch on after a few people claimed to have witnessed this creature and after a few hoaxes. All recent sonar scans of the lake have revealed that nothing is there.
I don't believe in anything that hasn't been scientifically or logically proven to exist. Myths are generally fictional, but they can put a valid point across, just like any story. Legends may carry some truth, but none of them can be proven to be entirely factual, imo.

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Hm, if we're going to consider religion as modern myths and legends, I don't diss anyone that does and actually some things I believed are true since I studied a little bit of Christianity, Judaism, and Muslim at university. For the most part those religions aren't for me, so some of the stories in those three religions that are a bit too real to believe to me (again, not trying to diss the religions or anything). However, I studied the religions in a historical context, so those stories most likely are from real events one way or another.

As for Greek myths and legends, those are far more farfetched than the stories from today's well known religions, but I like to think those events are somehow related to real events one way or another like religion.
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Hm, if we're going to consider religion as modern myths and legends, I don't diss anyone that does and actually some things I believed are true since I studied a little bit of Christianity, Judaism, and Muslim at university. For the most part those religions aren't for me, so some of the stories in those three religions that are a bit too real to believe to me (again, not trying to diss the religions or anything). However, I studied the religions in a historical context, so those stories most likely are from real events one way or another.

As for Greek myths and legends, those are far more farfetched than the stories from today's well known religions, but I like to think those events are somehow related to real events one way or another like religion.
Most Greek legends are mostly factual (the Iliad, stories of heroes and kings); many of their myths are correct in some (metaphorical) sense (such as Childbirth, Youth, and War being born from the goddess of marriage; War being accompanied by Strife and Panic; Love being married to War; Chaos giving rise to Existence; Earthquakes being caused by the Earthshaker, i.e. Poseidon, the sea, etc).
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I really don't think we should encompass religion with myths and legends. Sure, the stories that each single faith brings to the table could be debated on factuality, or heck, even the concept of the creator-god itself could be debated as real or fake. Even so, some of these concepts are so embedded into the everyday lives of a good portion of the world's population that it's my belief that religion and things such as the Loch Ness Monster could never be one and the same. Speaking strictly on the difference between faith and belief in the unknown, of course. I myself am not even religious.

As far as legends and myths go, I don't really believe in a good number of 'em. Bigfoot or the Yeti do have a good amount of scientific reasoning behind them; I guess I could go for believing in them. As for the others, well, I'm not too convinced.

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The less outrageous a myth is the more likely I am to believe it. So if you have a myth like Talking To Plants Makes Them Grow Better my response is "hmm, could be." If we're talking Prometheus Stole From The Gods To Give Mankind Fire that's too far out to be believed. I'll still insist on evidence of some kind for anything before I believe it.

BTW, in academia a myth is just a story shared by a group of people (i.e., a culture) to explain things like life and death and where the world came from. It doesn't have any negative connotations so I think it's fine to talk about religion in this context.
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The less outrageous a myth is the more likely I am to believe it. So if you have a myth like Talking To Plants Makes Them Grow Better my response is "hmm, could be." If we're talking Prometheus Stole From The Gods To Give Mankind Fire that's too far out to be believed. I'll still insist on evidence of some kind for anything before I believe it.

BTW, in academia a myth is just a story shared by a group of people (i.e., a culture) to explain things like life and death and where the world came from. It doesn't have any negative connotations so I think it's fine to talk about religion in this context.
Well eh, Prometheus stole fire in a hollowed fennel stalk, and from what I understand, the inside of a fennel stalk is moist enough so that you can keep fired coals inside it without dousing them or causing the stalk to go alight; sure it makes no sense that somehow Zeus stole fire from all of mankind and took it to his home on Mount Olympus -- or even the embodiment of abstract entities as Gods... However if you think of it in less literal terms, then the myth becomes more like a guide.

If you know, Zeus is known as the cloudshaper in Greek mythos, and therefore the bringer of rain; rain takes away fire, reasonable enough, right? Prometheus is the God of forethought and he traps some fire in a fennel stalk ahead of time (hence forethought) and when Zeus steals it away, some fire remains in the stalk.

The myth essentially becomes "have forethought and you avoid the wrath of the clouds." Back then, this myth would have been extremely important since fire was so vital in Ancient Greek society -- you'd use it for just about anything: cooking, light during the night, fending wild animals off, or warmth; since you're a nomad, you have to know how to avoid losing your fire and the myth tells you just that.

I really don't think we should encompass religion with myths and legends. Sure, the stories that each single faith brings to the table could be debated on factuality, or heck, even the concept of the creator-god itself could be debated as real or fake. Even so, some of these concepts are so embedded into the everyday lives of a good portion of the world's population that it's my belief that religion and things such as the Loch Ness Monster could never be one and the same. Speaking strictly on the difference between faith and belief in the unknown, of course. I myself am not even religious.

As far as legends and myths go, I don't really believe in a good number of 'em. Bigfoot or the Yeti do have a good amount of scientific reasoning behind them; I guess I could go for believing in them. As for the others, well, I'm not too convinced.
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I don't believe in anything that hasn't been scientifically or logically proven to exist. Myths are generally fictional, but they can put a valid point across, just like any story. Legends may carry some truth, but none of them can be proven to be entirely factual, imo.
This is pretty much exactly what I was going to say, I absolutely agree with what you've said

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*is gonna leave religion out of it*

I believe in certain myths, but others are just.. stupid. Like, some of the stories relating to Greek Mythology. People defeating 100 ft monsters? k, right.

A lot of Myths and Legends were created to get a message across, aka prove a point. Like Vendak said, I usually need scientific proof of something or to have seen it with my own eyes to believe it exists/existed at some point in time.
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As a couple people have already said, I don't believe anything until I see documented and supported scientific proof of its existence.

Note that this completely ruined my enjoyment of movies and fairy tales as a child. Back then I used to read stuff written by the IRS.

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Yes, I do believe in certian myths and legends. If that answer is simple and answer's your question enough.

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