... nothing about evolution; nor did we have much sense of humanity as a species; nor did we have any sense of the longevity of the universe and the chemical/physical basis of everything. Thus we created myths and fantasies. Creativity is so natural to us. Then we went through the trauma of history, so called - dispersal, differentiation, convergence, conflict, coercion, subjugation, freedom, industrialisation etc etc. Now we...

... looking   for signs of warfare, which they report in "Ancient Goddesses" down thru 4000 years of occupation layers, they did not find any. Campbell, Eliade, Gimbutas, and others have collected snippets of myth and iconography and collated them using the rules of etymology to reconstruct the cosmology. to wit: Chaos, not god, was the primordial initial state. But just as any study of random phenomena will reveal, ...

... marijuana laws and hyper-aggressive enforcement. With government at all levels awash in debt, this is an insane waste of resources. How long will we keep throwing tax dollars at failed policies?" "These numbers belie the myth that police do not target and arrest minor cannabis offenders," said NORML (http://www.norml.org) executive director Allen St. Pierre, who noted that at current rates, a cannabis consumer is arrested every 37 ...

...> MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> writes: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> wrote: [...] the rule that the FSF has about not linking to any non-free software from their sites, [...] That rule is a myth. It most certainly is not. I can attest to that personally, having been involved in and followed multiple FSF projects for many years. It is an expectation for all GNU projects. Expectation and advice, but not a rule ...

...religions/religious beliefs get pushed back more and more, away from the current simple absolute 'truths' as described in 'holy' books in various religions. Religions always consist of a mixture of man-made philosophies, myths, theories, taboos, legends, laws, rules, remnants of earlier religions, etc.. Explanations from hundreds of years or even much longer ago will be pushed back or often changed or voided by science and more rational ...

... tel specifically looking for signs of warfare, which they report in "Ancient Goddesses" down thru 4000 years of occupation layers, they did not find any. Campbell, Eliade, Gimbutas, and others have collected snippets of myth and iconography and collated them using the rules of etymology to reconstruct the cosmology. to wit: Chaos, not god, was the primordial initial state. But just as any study of random phenomena will reveal, ...

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:25:32 -0500, the following appeared in sci.skeptic, posted by "adman" <grat@hotmail.ett>: V wrote: I believe God is silent because God is a myth..but a myth mankind needs in order to not self-destruct. You see, what is logical is not always practical when it comes to humans. Religion, atheism and science all serve their purposes. They do not replace each other, but compliment humanity in...

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:25:51 +0100, John Jones wrote: My point? My point is that we have generated myths about 'numbers'; myths whose sources are found among school rote teaching methods. These methods worked only if we believed in the idea that numbers are independent, individual entities independent of the functions that create them. So, numbers possibly could, we believed then (and now), order themselves. Let's try and ...

...: [...] My understanding of RMS's position is that he would like Debian to follow something like the rule that the FSF has about not linking to any non-free software from their sites, [...] That rule is a myth. Their campaign sites like http://badvista.fsf.org and http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ have links to and about non-free software - with commentary, but still links. I think it's counter-productive to spend so much time ...

...'s just a dream of the day and to just rest my head on the padded walls its okay too, the flute playing isn't that good i know its the psychiatrist trying to cheer me up he doesn't know the pan myths but i don't play pan flutes you should get one i thought you said i was the nurse well you are now THE ADMISSIONS OF L. RON HUBBARD [Quote] Course I The purpose of this ...