yeah sure if you take it very exactly mythos is the core of the religion but in these mythologys the morality that should be lived is often presented . Lets agree that they very strongly related since the religion/cult around it is based on the mythos.

But even then nothing changes the Christian mythos is still the most influencial one.

Rath said: 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.

If you read the poll based on the choicing you can tell he SPECIFICALLY was discounting any sort of religion that had a major following.

Bringing up christianity (or any modern form of belief) is nothing but a cheap attempt at a joke, that leads to flaming... it's exclusion from the poll and the exclusion of every current major religion makes it clear they aren't on topic.  Otherwise it'd just be an arguement over the most influential religion.

Aside from which EVERYTHING has a mythology if you use all the definitions.

Be it History  (George Washington chopped down a cherry tree)

or

Science (Water displacement in a bathtub, apple falling on Newton's head.)

It doesn't take a genius to see what the thread is trying to do, it's like asking

"Which hammer is the best"

and someone says "A Jackhammer."

damn you Kasz, you stripped every one of their fun!!

Anyways, angels are the most common mythical creature worldwide and are used in a variety of non religious art or stories....

One could even draw a parallel to flying superheroes, there to save mankind, symbol of hope and peace... angels really are everywhere in the 21st century culture.

Sumerian mythology which influenced Egyptian mythology which later on influenced Jewish mythology which later on influenced Christianity and Islam both of which have over a billion followers today.

As usual some are taking this oppertunity to take pot shots at Christianity. Myth's are usually if not always proven false and since nobody can prove that the stories in the New Testiment to be false then they are not myths. Even if you could prove the old testiment false you still couldn't prove Christianity to be a myth since Christianity is mainly based on the teachings and following of Christ which is irrifutable.

It's stupid that yet again some extremists are trying to use this as a chance to attack Christian's. Though they are only a very small margin of the posters in this thread it is still juvinile. Just because you believe differently doesn't mean its okay to start making fun of someone's religious beliefs by calling them myths when scientifically and archeologically you can't prove that they are.

Oh well I probably shouldn't get to involved in this thread or Sapphi will join and then it will be a repeate of almost every thread that myself and Sapphi duke it out in (Mainly threads and posts attacking Christianity).

I would say Greek. It was the cradle of Western society after all.

lololol

You can't prove that Greek mythology (for instance) is not real either. Something has to be proven true to know it's not false. If we had to prove something is false, we wouldn't be able to disprove anything.

Spaghetti Monster theory. I guess you know it, but I could believe that a Spaghetti monster created the universe and you can't disprove it. Therefore it's not a myth?

Not attacking Christianity, I respect your beliefs. But your logic is flawed. It's ok to be a christian, of course, but if you do so do it based on faith alone and do not try to find some logic. If it was that logical everyone would be a christian. Just follow your faith, that's ok.

Springs to mind, I guess that's all they have to fall back on.

Is it fair to say the Romans influenced homosexuality, given well you know, it's a 'choice' n all