Most Influential Mythology?

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Kasz216 said:

kurasakiichimaru said:

Kasz216 said:

I'd go Greek.

Also, don't be surprised when people ruin the thread and take it into a waaaay oftopic religious warfare thread the moment someone votes other and says Christianity.

 

You just gave them the idea.

Nah, the idea was already there, some people basically seem to LIVE for this stuff.  (Like Sapphi on cue.)

this was an attempt at a brushfire so to speak.  Call out the stupiditity early, hope people read it and therefore are kinda embarresed into not doing or see it's been mentioned and therefore nobody will find it funny.

myth

   [mith] Show IPA

noun

1.

a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.

2.

stories or matter of this kind: realm of myth.

3.

any invented story, idea, or concept: His account of the event is pure myth.

4.

an imaginary or fictitious thing or person.

5.

an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution.

Clearly under this definition Christianity does have mythology - Genesis for example is the Christian explanation of how the world came to be and it definitely concerns a deity. Calling it mythology doesn't necessarily make a comment on the truth value of the myth, it just says what it concerns. Christianity should be a legitimate option in this poll - it's not some kind of funny guy poke fun at Christians choice.