On May 5, 10:44=A0am, jesucris...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(marques de sade) wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:20:17 -0700 (PDT),Hatter
>
> <Hatte...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >On Apr 27, 1:00=3DA0am, nocTifer <yronwode.com@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> they're technologies, not expressions per se.
>
> >That's the point. When you figure out how things really work...you
> >have found something much closer to an eternal truth than the myths
> >and magics
>
> or maybe the myths were saying the exact same thing if properly
> understood and interpreted as they were meant, symbolically.
>
>
>
> >> >by religion but most seem to easily survive the fall
> >> >of the culture that invented
>
> >> technology will do so if there is a incentive to
> >> retain it.
>
> >Mostly...because unlike religion...it works...that's my point
>
> so if the myths are still around, they must also be working, by
> your logic, or so it would appear. have i covered all the
> disclaimers?
> --
No. The culture supporting the myth survives, so the myth does. If
something is non-culture dependent, such as metal smelting, the more
likely it is real.
Magic, on the other hand, is crap.
Hatter
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