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Emails shared with CNN by the Texas Department of Public Safety detail a trooper-medic expressing concerns to a supervisor over the inhumane treatment of migrants along the border in Eagle Pass, Texas.

    • novibe
      23·
      1 year ago

      Religion and mythology have nothing to do with one another.

      One of the oldest religions in the world, Advaita Vedanta, has basically no mythology. And I’d say it says a lot of similar things to modern science.

      If you think ancient peoples believed the things they wrote in the way you understand them literally, then you really are missing the point.

      We’ve been hammering on the same thing over and over. We’ve found the answer many times.

      Science perhaps will be the gateway for this truth for a massive number of people. Much more than ever before.

      But still, we’ve found the answer many many times already.

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
        21·
        1 year ago

        Religion and mythology have nothing to do with one another. Advaita Vedanta, has basically no mythology

        What’s your definition of religion then? I think it probably maps to my definition of ‘culture’.

        • novibe
          2·
          1 year ago

          Religions have always been about trying to understand the world and how we should act in it as human beings. Those are the only and main things that connect all different “religions” in time and space.

          • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 year ago

            Ok, so in trying to understand the world, there are really two options. Things you have proven (science), and things you believe without having proven. I’d argue that this second one is mythology.

            • novibe
              1·
              1 year ago

              Science is not about proving things at all… it’s about provings things WRONG, and approximating truth through that. Key word being approximating.

              Mythology is the collection of stories and sayings from a religion we no longer really “respect” anymore. Like Ancient Greek or Egyptian Religions. While no one says the burning bush or Allah in the cave are myths.

              Still, there is a very fine line between philosophy and religion/mythology. Specially if you understand the basic concept of metaphors and symbology, when trying to read ancient and religious texts.

              Just a final note, materialist reductionism is a dead-end. Many scientists already noticed this…