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You see, as a kid, I went to private schooling in Iron Age Middle Eastern Mythology up to 3 times a week, studied their philosophy, and participated in rituals loosely based upon those myths.
By that, I mean we went to church 2-3 times a week.
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Hogwash. The real rituals are known to have been wiped out about a thousand years ago. Before that a group of Pagans tried to reinvent their gods as "saints" and fought to supplant all other European and Middle Easterly religions. 
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@VictimOfSimony That's why I said loosely based upon
@JessTheUnstill Religious studies scholars bust through the wall like the Kool-Aid Man to debate “mythology” vs “legend” vs “folklore” vs “oral history”
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@inthehands Hah, which good on them for being scholars of that sort of thing. I'm an amateur, but I assume that at least the scholars acting in good faith would be willing to agree that mythology is a reasonable word to use for a people's history of creation stories and interactions with their gods.
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Oh, for sure. There are nuances to all these terms that are beyond me, and I expect that scholars argue over how best to categorize specific texts, authors, and even individual passages.
Better yet, "Southwest Asian Mythology"!
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And it's a sequel! Start with the Talmud and finish the trilogy with the Qur'an.
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@eldersea And then there's all the fan fiction
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@JessTheUnstill Reading the list of major schisms makes you realize how absolutely silly most of it is.
I don't think this was the original list I read, but it's close enough.
https://listverse.com/2019/12/05/10-of-the-most-important-religious-schisms/
Sigh. I'm a Christian - myths are just the stories of beginnings. I swear it's embarrassing how many stupid people are attracted to religion. Of course it's middle eastern mythology.
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@tuban_muzuru It's usually under the "Every single word of the Bible is 100% accurate and true" crowd. Which like ... Yeah...
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@JessTheUnstill @tuban_muzuru
"Except that passage, that's not meant literally"
@JessTheUnstill Oooh that's up there with refering to sports fanatics as "football nerds" I like it.
@JessTheUnstill a dear friend who lapsed from Mormonism to paganism referred to those religions as the 'palestinian heresies'.
@JessTheUnstill nice... the judges give that an 8/10 in the trolling with facts category
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@[email protected] @[email protected] As a Christian myself, I'm still amazed at how many Christians seem to be surprised by the idea of Jesus being Jewish...
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@[email protected] @Federation_Bot @[email protected] "and they shared everything together, except their money, and health insurance, and..."
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@mavnn @dr_a @Federation_Bot
"Blessed be the poor ...", Oh wait, no, that says "Fuck the poor, for they are lazy and worthless leeches on society."
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Blessed be the poor ... Oh wait, that says Fuck the poor, for they are lazy and worthless leeches on society.
@JessTheUnstill @mavnn the deliberate association with some marginalized folks, or the direct teaching on dealing with money changers.
@dr_a I suppose it could also be Eastern Mediterranean Mythology
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@JessTheUnstill this is solidly both territory