Maybe we should teach religion in schools under two contexts. Historical mythology (Made up stuff from the past people incorrectly believed in) and Current mythology (Made up stuff that people currently incorrectly believe in).
The question/problemmatic part about current stuff is who decides what counts as “current mythology”. Even scientific doctrine is disproven (cause that’s the best part about science).
Now, I totally see Historical mythology being a great class.
I mean, dude comes back from the dead, dude lives in the belly of whale, snakes talk, all animals on earth on a boat…Do we really need laboratories and Phd’s to pore over these matters to call them mythology? I think science has more pressing matters to deal with rather than debunk fairytales. No?
Maybe we should teach religion in schools under two contexts. Historical mythology (Made up stuff from the past people incorrectly believed in) and Current mythology (Made up stuff that people currently incorrectly believe in).
The question/problemmatic part about current stuff is who decides what counts as “current mythology”. Even scientific doctrine is disproven (cause that’s the best part about science).
Now, I totally see Historical mythology being a great class.
I mean, dude comes back from the dead, dude lives in the belly of whale, snakes talk, all animals on earth on a boat…Do we really need laboratories and Phd’s to pore over these matters to call them mythology? I think science has more pressing matters to deal with rather than debunk fairytales. No?