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   Message 760 of 1,939   
   Al Smith to All   
   Re: Karen Armstrong - Myths and the Mode   
   08 Nov 05 07:03:40   
   
   XPost: soc.history.ancient   
   From: invalid@address.com   
      
   > Karen Armstrong - Myths and the Modern World   
   > NPR Audio   
   >   
   > http://dream-refuge.blogspot.com/2005/11/karen-armstrong-myths   
   and-modern-world.html   
   >   
   > As soon as people became aware of their own mortality, writes Karen   
   > Armstrong, they created stories that gave their lives meaning,   
   > explained their relationship to the spiritual world, and instructed   
   > them on how to live their lives.   
      
   So when did people start constructing the myth that their lives do   
   not have meaning? Or that they have no relationship with the   
   spiritual world? Now those myths are woppers.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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