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Id argue that they are the same conceptually, and digging any deeper is splitting hairs. Both are made up stories to make ourselves feel better about death, as well as tips and tricks on how to live.
Which is an aggressively bad argument that is a gross generalization of what's going on, conflating two completely different fields, and then ignoring the conversation as a whole being about MYTHOLOGY and not religion.
They're the not same thing. It isn't splitting hairs. They are related but they are very distinctly different. What you're essentially saying is that Texans are Americans and its splitting hairs to point out the differences. It really isn't splitting hairs when the differences are beyond vast. So vast that they literally have classes on the differences between mythology and religion...
... but texans are americans?
look, mythology and religion may not refer to precisely the same thing, but there was a relationship between greek mythology and religious practice. understanding one is helpful in understanding the other.
Yes. And mythology can be part of religion. My point is that they are distinctly different from one another. This does not mean mutually exclusive from one another. You can have mythology within a religion but the entire post and conversation has been about mythology, not religion. You came into this conversation and immediately conflated them both by saying that "people think they're talking about mythology when they're talking about religion." That is categorically false. Most people are not talking about the religious aspects of the beliefs of Ancient Greeks. People don't focus on the sacrifices that were made to Zeus. They focus on the tales and fables like that of Narcissus or Heracles or Arachne. None of which are religion. They are myths that are then folded into the religion itself. You are the one who isn't recognizing the difference between what is a myth and what is religion.
I'm disengaging from the rest of this thread. Sources have been provided. Feel free to read them for clarification.
...i think you have me confused with others.
anyway, i'm not convinced trying to delineate between the two is so neat or always necessary. but it seems no further conversation is to be had here.
Question: name two words that are exactly the same
Answer: mythology and religion