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[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Do myths not teach lessions, I think we can simultaneously understand that they're myths and also that tell alot about ourselves (and the people who make them).

[-] CondensedPossum@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

What you are describing are human tendencies towards pro-social activity and cultural creation. Attributing them to the crappy hegemonic stories pushed by authoritarians and conquerors (all the pictured religions in the meme fall into this category) gives those crappy, boring, often antisocial stories more credit than they deserve.

Unless you have some really good examples for how a story about how some gimp-fet deity like Jesus or a family-abandoner like Siddhartha are foundational to, say, deconstructing global imperialism? Can I learn how to deconstruct global imperialism from Jesus, who suggested placating and appeasing violent imperialists? Is that "objectively good" to you?

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