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Folklore, myth and religion
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This page is for discussion of [[w:folklore]], [[w:religion]], and [[w:mythology]].

=== Use of the words 'Myth', 'Mythology', etc. ===

(contracted; show full) as those of Greece or Rome), which have few or no followers today. Except in some academic and critical contexts, we generally do not call the stories of Judaism, Christianity or Islam "myths" or "mythologies."  Many people, though maybe not all (e.g. Hegel seems to consider Christianity different because of its resemblance to "philosophy" and Nietzsche, especially in ''Birth of Tragedy'', seems to consider Christianity worse or more degenerate; see also [
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/[:w:en:Words_to_avoid  |Words to avoid]]), think that from a religiously neutral point of view the stories of these extant religions are not a fundamentally different phenomenon from those stories that we do call myths.

Seven options have been proposed so far, by various people, for using the terms 'myth', 'mythology', etc., on Wikipedia:

=== Option 1 ===

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I support Option 3. It allows for remaining neutral about religion, without making any distinction. Another option suggested redirects, and I think they could be applied so people can still find what they are looking for. [[User:Aroni125|Aroni125]] 20:47, 4 January 2010 (UTC)