Atheists & Agnostics
Related: About this forumA little holiday confusion...
Whose virgin birth are we supposed to celebrate today? There are so many:
Horus
Ethiopia-Sudan, 3,000 BCE
Zarathustra
Iran 1,000 BCE
Krishna
India, 900 BCE
Hercules
Greece, 800 BCE
Mithra
Persia, 600 BCE
Buddha
Nepal , 563 BCE
Dionysus
Greece, 500 BCE
Thammuz
Babylonia, 400 BCE
Hermes
Greece, 200 BCE
Adonis
Phoenicia, 200 BCE
And the one in 2 CE ...you know.
But then there are deities from non-virgin births on Dec. 25th:
Ela-Gabal
Syrian Sun God
Sol Invictus
Roman Sun God
Hmm... which one to choose?
.....Merry Mythmus!
alittlelark
(18,933 posts)applegrove
(123,888 posts)It is what we organize around.
defacto7
(13,680 posts)creativity, and preservation of life on the planet? I would.
applegrove
(123,888 posts)Voltaire2
(15,010 posts)1. a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural events.
2.a widely held but false belief or idea.
If liberal democracies are a myth, which is debatable, they are using the 2nd definition. The virgin birth nonsense is a myth using the 1st definition. Equating them is a fallacy.
dweller
(25,273 posts)my homunculus
✌🏼
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homunculus
defacto7
(13,680 posts)But do we worship it?
Maybe I should try to make one.
shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)We goes with the Flying Spaghetti Monster at times like these!
Skittles
(160,738 posts)utterly ridiculous
defacto7
(13,680 posts)or even necessary as a mythical story plot. I suppose it's to make one's deity seem more than human but it's a pretty dull and historically overused shtick.
Skittles
(160,738 posts)can't have a woman tainted by *HORRORS*: sex
defacto7
(13,680 posts)The gods must have a "clean" vessel not a defiled one. (puke)