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Ra riding his chariot that towed the Sun.
Vishnu seducing cowgirls.
Hanuman’s antics.
The Fates.
Makkah
03-08-2007, 09:41 PM
Parkbandit's personality.
Apathy
03-08-2007, 10:41 PM
Hollywood.
Masonic cults.
The American Dream <cry cry cut cut>
And Greek mythology, all of it.
i'm a fan of russian and norse myths. my favorite russian myth is ivan and the firebird. favorite among the norse... siegfried riding through the ring of flames for the valkyrie brynhild in the nibelungenlied.
and of course, the whole king arthur thing. most people only know arthur's part but every one of the soldiers of the round table seem to have their own numerous stories.
Stretch
03-09-2007, 12:11 AM
Jesus
Khariz
03-09-2007, 12:22 AM
Jesus
Brilliant. The man is indisputably not a myth. The story...maybe.
Artha
03-09-2007, 12:41 AM
Good woman drivers.
AestheticDeath
03-09-2007, 12:46 AM
Brilliant. The man is indisputably not a myth. The story...maybe.
How is the man indisputable? Just because the name is in a book?
Did you meet him?
Hulkein
03-09-2007, 01:46 AM
How is the man indisputable? Just because the name is in a book?
Did you meet him?
Did you meet Aristotle? Do you believe he existed?
I don't mind people not believing in religion or whatever, but there was a man named Jesus who turned enough heads to have billions of people follow him 2000 years later. To say otherwise is just stupid.
Meges
03-09-2007, 02:14 AM
Asians are intelligent.
Meges
PS Heh, just kidding.
Amber
03-09-2007, 08:05 AM
The name Jesus was very common 2000 years ago. Undoubtedly there were several men named Jesus that could have been the Jesus in question. Unfortunately, the only references to Jesus in the hundred years following his death outside of the gospels are in "Antiquities of the Jews" written by Josephus in 94 ad. In Josephus' text, Jesus is mentioned twice, once as the brother to James the Just, and once as "the Christ". It is believed, however, that the passage pertaining to Jesus as Christ was added in later centuries. Reasoning for this belief lies with the fact that Origen, writing in 204 ad, in notes on Josephus' work, says that Josephus did not believe that Jesus was THE christ, while in Antiquities, it clearly states that "Jesus was the Christ." This leads scholars to believe that the passage in question was added sometime after 204 and was not present in the original work.
The canonical gospels disagree with each other to an incredible extent.
Mark says that an angel appeared to THREE women following Jesus' death.
Mathew says that the angel appeared to TWO women.
Luke says that TWO angel appeared to a group of women.
Mark says the risen Jesus appeared to his ELEVEN disciples as they ate meat in Galilee.
Matthew says that he appeared to them on a mountain in Galilee.
Luke says that he appeared to them in Jerusalem.
John says that he appeared to TEN disciples in Jerusalem.
Lots more, of course, but I've not got time to go into them right now. Add in the non-canonical gospels, and the incredible inconsistencies make one think the whole thing just might be a myth.
On the other hand, there are 30 existing works by Aristotle and numerous mentions of him in works by his contemporaries offering proof of his existence.
Landrion
03-09-2007, 09:16 AM
Sodom and Gamorrah - Greek style
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baucis_and_Philemon
Thor and the challenges of Utgard-Loki
http://www.bartleby.com/181/391.htm
The labors of Hercules
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labors_of_Hercules
Skeeter
03-09-2007, 09:29 AM
Man is causing global warming is my favorite myth
oh, and Icarus
Hulkein
03-09-2007, 10:03 AM
The canonical gospels disagree with each other to an incredible extent.
Mark says that an angel appeared to THREE women following Jesus' death.
Mathew says that the angel appeared to TWO women.
Luke says that TWO angel appeared to a group of women.
Mark says the risen Jesus appeared to his ELEVEN disciples as they ate meat in Galilee.
Matthew says that he appeared to them on a mountain in Galilee.
Luke says that he appeared to them in Jerusalem.
John says that he appeared to TEN disciples in Jerusalem.
Those would be examples of the bolded part.
The man is indisputably not a myth. The story...maybe.
Latrinsorm
03-09-2007, 12:33 PM
The canonical gospels disagree with each other to an incredible extent.I think we need to have a discussion about the word "incredible". If you asked someone for two grapes and they gave you three, I don't think you would say that this was an "incredible" difference.
On the other hand, there are 30 existing works by Aristotle and numerous mentions of him in works by his contemporaries offering proof of his existence.Why, because they say "Aristotle" on them? Check this out, I've got 26 existing works that say "Jesus" all over them, he must have been real too!
Alfster
03-09-2007, 12:47 PM
Favorite myth - Tupac dead
Stanley Burrell
03-09-2007, 12:50 PM
The man.
The myth.
The legend.
...
http://www3.wind.ne.jp/amigo/jpg/Vegeta-Price%20Of%20Saiyans.jpg
Vegeta.
Latrinsorm
03-09-2007, 01:07 PM
That script is the least Vegeta-y font I think I've ever seen.
Stanley Burrell
03-09-2007, 01:25 PM
Yeah, SSJ cursive ftl :(
vegeta is hot. love his hair. bulma is a lucky girl.
Skeeter
03-09-2007, 07:19 PM
I have to agree with Alfster. you don't name your "final" album Machievelli. then suddenly die suspiciously and then release a 15 more post-mortem albums.
Seriously how much shit are we to believe that he pre-recorded?
Makkah
03-09-2007, 07:27 PM
YEA!! And Bizzy Bone says "He's alive; he's alive; he's alive..." at the end of his verse in Thug Luv!!!11 He's dead, people. Jesus Christ.
Apathy
03-09-2007, 07:39 PM
Anyone who wears this shirt.
http://www.teesnthings.com/ProductImages/novelty/funny-sex-t-shirts/man-the-legend-tee-shirt.jpg
How Hanuman got his magic powers (http://www.4to40.com/story/katha/index.asp?article=story_katha_hanuman)
Once upon a time, long ago, there lived in India a monkey-boy called Hanuman. His father was Vayu, the god of the winds, and his mother was a monkey princess. Although he was only little, Hanuman had magic powers. He was also naughty.
This is the story of some exciting adventures, which began in the beautiful valley of flowers, where one day Hanuman sat with his mother in the warm sunshine. Hanuman looked up into the sky and saw the sun.
"I like the sun", said the naughty monkey-boy.
"How beautiful it is, so warm, so warm, so golden and so bright. I'd love to hold it and play with it as if it were my very own!"
He reached up, caught hold of the sun and started throwing it up and down as though it were a ball. The sun was not pleased, and began to feel rather ill.
The sun called out to Indra, the god of thunder and lightning, who was riding by on his magic elephant.
"Help! Indra! Look at what this naughty monkey-boy is doing to me! Help!"
Indra was very cross with Hanuman.
The sky grew dark and storm clouds gathered.
"Put the sun back at once", he said in a mighty voice.
"NO", said Hanuman, who was not afraid.
In fury Indra shot a bolt of white lightning.
"Zaap!"
It hit the monkey-boy.
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A playful reinterpretation.
Parkbandit
03-09-2007, 11:21 PM
Parkbandit's personality.
Makkah is a guy.
Skeeter
03-10-2007, 01:02 PM
YEA!! And Bizzy Bone says "He's alive; he's alive; he's alive..." at the end of his verse in Thug Luv!!!11 He's dead, people. Jesus Christ.
because nobody in history has ever faked their death.
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