Why does Y!A have a 'Religion & Spirituality' section AND a 'Mythology & Folklore' section?

[superpope53]

What exactly defines whether or not something is religious or mythological?I gotta tell you, a mystical sky-daddy sounds no crazier to me than anything in Greek or Roman mythology..lol, because all the hippy cr*p in modern organised religions exists?Religion = myth IMO

[SuperNintendoChalmers8009]

Religions become myths when they are no longer practiced. Thems the rules.

[MatthewB3447]

Religion is for peoples belief and mythology is for non-existent things like vampires.

[Beware]

Honestly says , that section only for Atheists, but they hate that and they are all here

[gutbucket2454]

There is no difference between religion and mythology in my book.

[jtrusnik8996]

There are really two camps on the issue:1 - R&S and Mythology should be lumped together because they're both about weird stuff people have every right to believe.2 - R&S and Science should be lumped together because they both talk about arguments about reality.Yahoo was just compromising.

[ShroedingersCatapult4278]

I think it's legitimate to separate the two, whether you 'believe' in religious truth or not. 'Mythology' (I think they more properly mean 'myth' - 'mythology' is actually the academic study of myths) comes from a Greek word meaning 'stories', and 'folklore' is clearly concerned primarily with oral traditions. Certainly, myth, stories, and oral traditions are part of all religions, but religion is generally something more - it entails ethics, ritual, identity, and philosophy. More than just being stories, 'religion' is a whole way of living. I will agree that the two are not always easy to separate - should a discussion about Noah's Ark be regarded as 'religion' or myth'? - but there is some kind of distinction. As for Greco-Roman myths: if people believe in them and attempt to live out their lives accordingly, then it is religion; if they are regarded as old stories, then they are myths.

[IJustWantToShowLove]

because anything that is viewed as a god that is not GOD or Jesus or of the Holy Spirit REALLY IS A MYTH

[complicatedtallblonde2054]

It's just a matter of opinion on what different people believe. I don't believe the same as you but it doesn't bother me that you and I don't agree. I still believe that if we are both good people we should be able to exist together and both be happy and respectful to one another. I think that mythology and folklore is something that is widely accepted as myth.. it might have even been proved that it is false over and over. I'm not sure though.

[LimeKittyAtheatiEmperor]

Because the Atheati needed something else to conquer after conquering Mythology and Folklore.