I am not attacking religion. I am asking what determines if it is mythology? Why is the greek religion (zeuse), etc a mythology now? What makes christianity not mythology (wondering not attacking)? What would make christianity a mythology? Or any religion? Don't tell me one is true. I want to know what gets it clasified like that?
2006-08-01 07:24:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The greeks practiced their religion with animal sacrafice, etc. It is now mythology.
2006-08-01 07:29:13 · update #1
I thought greeks had gods (zeuse)? All that stuff religion has. I am not seeing the difference yet.
2006-08-01 07:30:51 · update #2
What you personally believe in is a religion. What you personally disbelieve is mythology.
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2006-08-01 07:28:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mythology consists of stories.
Religion consists of practice and mythology.
When the Greeks were alive and performing rituals, then it was a living religion. Looking back on the religion, it is still a religion. It is not mythology simply because it happened in the past. When you talk about the Greek myths, you are ONLY talking about the stories and not the rituals or practices. Only the stories and myths are the mythology. I'm not sure why you're having trouble understanding this, but I'll try to break it down even further.
All religions are a complex system. It includes rituals, codes of behavior, laws, social roles, and many other parts. One of the parts of this system is usually mythology, the system of stories and parables used to explain the reasoning behind certain practices or provide moral guidance. Myths often but not always include stories of gods. Not all religions have myths.
2006-08-01 07:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by koresh419 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing - one man's mythology is another man's religion. In practical terms, though, to be termed "religion" requires more of a widespread, active participation, where as "mythology" is more used for religions that have fallen out of common practice. However, there are those who are reviving the ancient worship of the Olympian Gods in Greece - religion, or mythology?
To me, the Bible is a collection of stories for the Christian mythos.
2006-08-01 07:36:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Way more people currently practice and believe in a "religion" than they do in a "mythology."
2006-08-01 07:28:52 · answer #4 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the people that made it up knew that they made it up. Also, it didn't dictate a lifestyle, or even a particular form of worship. It was just stories incorporated into their culture, and not particularly lifestyle changing culture at that. Mythology also does not always involve gods, but does always involve legendary accounts.
2006-08-01 07:29:12 · answer #5 · answered by RandyGE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion and mythology are the same thing.
2006-08-01 07:50:05 · answer #6 · answered by Tamsin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mythology:
A body or collection of myths belonging to a people and addressing their origin, history, deities, ancestors, and heroes.
Religion:
Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
2006-08-01 07:29:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is the actual modality of worship - in other words, the specific methods of who to worship and how.
Mythology refers to stories that have been told down for generations, centuries, millenia which contain characters or personalities, events and messages that often get so mistranslated since their origin that they become something of fantasy.
2006-08-01 07:43:17 · answer #8 · answered by Jylsamynne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mythology is Religion that is no longer in service.
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2006-08-01 07:31:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first answer nailed it. For better understanding, you sould read "The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell.
2006-08-01 07:29:53 · answer #10 · answered by crowell29a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋