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To: Edwarda who wrote (49039)	8/4/1999 12:33:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) of 108807

I think that when we are dealing with history--both past and current--we dare not rely on myth. Rely on, no. But look to, yes. Remember that Troy was discovered as a result of a close examination of the Homeric myth stories. For many centuries the Bible was taken as a record of fact. Then biblical criticism really got underway and for a while the prevailing view was that the bible stories were myths with no connection to reality. But surprising thing started happening. Archeological digs kept finding things that validated the underlying truth of many of the biblical myths. Fragments of what appear to be a large wooden vessel were discovered on a mountain where Ararat was believed to be. Evidence of a great flood was discovered in sedimentary rock. Etc. I'm not up by any means on all the current biblical scholarship, but the trend I see is toward understanding that the biblical accounts are not "mere" myths without foundation in reality, but are records which, given that they were passed orally for centuries, often have a surprising accuracy. Truth emerges in the strangest places sometimes.

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