• Stamets@lemmy.worldOP
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    11 months ago

    Yes. And mythology can be part of religion. My point is that they are distinctly different from one another. This does not mean mutually exclusive from one another. You can have mythology within a religion but the entire post and conversation has been about mythology, not religion. You came into this conversation and immediately conflated them both by saying that “people think they’re talking about mythology when they’re talking about religion.” That is categorically false. Most people are not talking about the religious aspects of the beliefs of Ancient Greeks. People don’t focus on the sacrifices that were made to Zeus. They focus on the tales and fables like that of Narcissus or Heracles or Arachne. None of which are religion. They are myths that are then folded into the religion itself. You are the one who isn’t recognizing the difference between what is a myth and what is religion.

    I’m disengaging from the rest of this thread. Sources have been provided. Feel free to read them for clarification.