"It is a shame that this work, myth, which originally signified
nothing more than stories of the supernatural, has come to be regarded
as synonymous with falsehood, when in fact myths are always true. By
their very nature, myths inhere both legitimacy and credibility.
Whatever truths they convey have little to do with historical fact. To
ask whether Moses actually parted the Red Sea, or whether Jesus truly
raised Lazarus from the dead, or whether the word of God indeed poured
through the lips of Muhammad, is to ask irrelevant questions. The only
question that matters with regard to a religion and its mythology is
"What do these stories mean?"
No god put God, Reza Aslan
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