With the identification of the characteristics of mythic forms of human thought, it becomes possible to identify the unique innovations of philosophy. Note that philosophic thought does not replace mythopoeic thought but supplements it. Myths are stories about persons, where persons may be gods, ...
There are many religions throughout the world that would teach and have their followers believe that there is always something you can do to for yourself to calm the storm and deliver oneself from sin. That if you just trust enough, if you just do enough, if you are a kind person, etc...
do so, have a way of reaching thetruth” (De genio Socr. 589F). Mythology, or more precisely daimonology,guides the soul through the different degrees of perfection and, in this way, canbecome, for the more inquisitive mind, an exploration into the different layersof the human soul.And...
“I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.” –Stephen F Roberts “A lie is a lie even if everyone believes it. The truth is the trut...
their utmost stretch of liberality are unable to give more than from twenty to one hundred thousand years for all our human evolution. Hence we put it to them as a fair question: at what point during their own conjectural lakh of years do they fix the root-germ of the ancestral line of...
As Jesus continued to grow up, he was always considered to be wise and held characteristics that would make him a great leader. Once Jesus was baptized he began his ministry, teaching those around him about God and what he was supposed to do on earth as the Son of God. While Jesus ...
Most religions have a story of how their god created the universe. The idea of a god as creator of the universe makes for a good tale, but it obviously tells us little about the characteristics of that god. What they are doing is explaining one mystery with a bigger mystery, and that ...
Furthermore, the interpretations were as vague as horoscopes, thus seeming full of significance but not providing any practical insight (like “your dream is reminding you of how little time you have to do all the things you want to do.” Pretty much everyone feels this way.) ...
One of the difficulties the world faces in dealing with what he created is that it has blindly accepted Islam’s definition of itself as a religion due to superficial characteristics that make it look like an authentic religion. This erroneous idea gets repeated ad nauseam and is most harmfully...
Yet to preserve that order, civilized societies also have needed people capable of defending them from outside enemies, as well as fighting to obtain land or resources that the societies needed. Ironically, to do their jobs, these special citizens have to go outside the normal rules of ...