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   From: Taemon@zonnet.nl   
      
   Raven wrote:   
      
   > "Taemon"  skrev i meddelelsen   
   > news:4fb12c52$0$22400$bf4948fe@news.tele2.nl...   
   >> You know what the most frightening thing is I found while surfing for   
   >> Norse mythology? There are people who BELIEVE THAT STUFF. It takes   
   >> all kinds...   
   >   If you want to be snarky the same may be said of the origin myths   
   > of any religion.   
      
   Well, of course. Only, the reason most people believe what they do is   
   because they were raised in it. I don't think these people were raised with   
   the Edda. Their children might. They will undoubtedly turn atheist.   
      
   > But I have also read that some Asatruirmenn see it   
   > all as metaphorical, and that the gods are anthropomorfic   
   > personifications of aspects of human psychology and condition.   
      
   Obviously. But not all. What is Asatruirmenn?   
      
   > Now if we can get Young Earth Creationists to see Genesis, chapters 1 and   
   > 2, in the same light...   
      
   Or get them to ditch the whole thing and study some science. Well, in time,   
   in time.   
      
   T. <-- optimist.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)