Often the term "myth" is being misused to mean a supposedly dead religion and its teachings along the lines of saying that Zeus is a myth and Jesus is not, when Zeus is just as real to his worshippers as Jesus is to his. It has become a way to say, your religion is less valid than mine. I guess it's the way someone looks at religion in order to say all religions are a myth. No, I don't think all religions are a myth, because one has to be the truth. I'm catholic, and I really hope mine is true religion.
It also included no principles governing nature. The reason they may have took on Legalism is because the Hans probably could not think of their own way of governing. The Romans on the other hand, had senates, consuls and elections. They even shared politics to the patricians and showed interest in the people. One similarity they did have was that they both knew that their central government or emperor could not rule the amount of land conquered in their empire.
Meghan Bohles January 11, 2015 Formal Essay Greek mythology and Native American myths are more connected then people may think they are. For one they are polytheist, the belief in, or woship of more then one god. They both make sacrifices to these gods, and they both got run over by other groups of people. These three points are the connection between Atala and Odyssey. In Atala the Native Americans worshiped more than one god, and they are very closely related to the Greek gods.
In this sense it is a consequentialist theory. This contrasts with religion, as religion is more absolutist, meaning moral views have a complete and universal authority that derived from God. Religion focuses on the consequences in the after life for example heaven, hell and purgatory. Unlike religion, utilitarianism thinks about the consequences in the present. The first kind of utilitarianism, developed by Bentham was designed to be secular (non-religious).
The official religion of Ancient Greece was the Olympian religion. Of course that religion lacked a major element. That element was the emotional connection that the Greeks feel towards the Gods. During the Hellenistic period mystery cults began to thrive and most Greeks joined them to fill the emotional void that the Olympian Religion had. A cult is a religious group that exists on the fringes of religion.
With that being said, the gods strongly pervade their form of justice throughout the human society. In comparison with today’s justice, the actions portrayed from the gods would be too cruel and in fact illegal. We have to ask ourselves, is it the fact that because the human society of The Odyssey cannot stand up against the power of the gods that justice permeates? In reading The Odyssey, I have found a degree of caution due to strong fear the humans feel towards the gods. Acceptance of the gods actions are mainly because of great fear the human civilization feels towards the imperious justice system laid upon them, also justice rules over humans by the realization of authority by power.
In the quote below Rand explains why she rejects religion outright, and she believes man himself deserves the attention: Just as religion has preempted the field of ethics, turning morality against man, so it has usurped the highest moral concepts of our language, placing them outside this earth and beyond man’s reach. “Exaltation” is usually taken to mean an emotional state evoked by contemplating the supernatural. “Worship” means the emotional experience of loyalty and dedication to something higher than man… But such concepts do name actual emotions, even though no supernatural dimension exists; and these emotions are experienced as uplifting or ennobling, without the self-abasement required by religious definitions.
Europeans did not look at their religion this way. They focused on Christianity and the belief of their one and only God. They did not look upon the Indian spiritual religion as civilized and would convert the Indians to Christianity. The Europeans believed that if they followed Christianity they would go to heaven. The Indians did not have a belief in heaven or hell but the ones who followed Christianity worried whether their souls would only go to heaven where the Europeans were and not to their people.
Through out the Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus sees the Gods as tangible sources of divinity. However the modern world does not recognize Greek mythology as a religion. This allows the Odyssey to be looked at in a different way. During the course of his journey, Odysseus encounters Poseidon and Athena numerous times, each time resulting in either a misfortune or guidance. Looking at these events from a non-religious perspective the gods can be seen as symbols of Odysseus’ personality.
Compare and contrast essay. 10-2-2013 Greek and Norse Mythology Greek and Norse mythology were big parts of history, they used myths to explain anything that was too complicated or didn't make sense at the time. Even till today though not many people believe it anymore, people still talk about it and archaeologists have been able to put together parts of history and culture through the myths and legends. Although these may sound boring to you, the fact is that entire cultures and civilizations were based on these. In this century people recreate the myths in movies and books.