why separate categories?
once again - I have to ask:
why do we have separate categories for "religion & spirituality" and "mythology & folklore"? doesn't everyone know they're both - hello! - exactly the same thing?
please, let's just combined those two into one, then the rest of us can stop with the nonsense and all hang out in the new, 21st century* category of "evidence & reason"
*actually, 18th century - but better late than never
Update:still not convinced I've seen anything to define "religion" separate from "mythology" and/or "folklore". sorry.
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Some prefer one to the other - they attract different types of people. There seems to be more Fundy Wackjobs here than in M&F.
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M&F is a pretty slow forum, if you've ever spent any time there... the few people who hang out there wouldn't know what to do in here sometimes.
And yes, they are different. M&F extends beyond the religious or the spiritual. Some examples just from US history are Zorro, the Lone Ranger, and Paul Bunyan.
I answer questions in "religion and spirituality" and totally ignore questions in "mythology and folklore".
That right there is enough to say there is a big difference between the two.
Because the people in Mythology and Folklore don't want to put up with us crazies in R&S.
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a religion (christianity for example) is a way of life as well as a way to worship a higher power (in this case, God). religions are also founded by a specific and historical person. a myth is simply any story told to explain how something came to be. it has little or nothing to do with how someone lives their lives. there are many different versions of the same myths and can rarely be traced to their origin.
religion has the ability to transcend cultures and ages. myths do not.
folklore is a story based on a local legend or a local story. it may or may not be based on a historical event.
as for your evidence and reason comment: many of the best minds of the past 2,000 years have written logical books and essays on the reason behind christianity. you may like to try something by st. augustine or mere christianity by c.s. lewis. evidence of God? personally, i see it in the complexity of dna, the beauty of the sunset, and the mere fact that i can comprehend such things.
just love the chrisatan answers to this one.........they sound crazy defending their own mythology
these are the most uneducated people in society that told you to get a dictionary.... lololololol
they think archeology is the study of noahs boat....lolololololololololololololol
Buy a dictionary, look the terms up, then decide if you still want to ask this question.
I 100% agree!
Oh dear so you either do not own a dictionary or cant read one!!!!!