![]() ![]() This is the cause of all tribal, religious, and nation-state wars. ![]() Of course, followers of myth believe their truth is the truth. These two Western ideas are often at loggerheads. Likewise the idea of justice comes from Greek mythology. It is a subjective truth, a belief that comes to us from Abrahamic mythology. The idea of hero, villain and victim is a Greek mythic idea, which was imposed by modern storytellers on mythologies around the world, leading to distortion of cultural ideas. ![]() Likewise, the idea of prophets makes no sense in the Hindu worldview. The idea of God, for example, is a cultural truth: it is not part of Buddhism, Jainism, or secularism. Science can tell you how the world functions, but only myth can tell you why it functions the way it does. It’s a cultural truth, a religious truth, a nation’s truth, one that binds a community together by giving them a common worldview to function within. ![]()
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