[Ramalhao] Yes, what you say is probably right. The important thing to remember is that with something as slippery and tricky as religion, there can be no definitive answers. So of course you can have whatever point of view you like! But you can't make out that it's definitive.
I think that most people would accept that Greek, Egyptian religion etc were actually religions. "Mythology" refers not to the religion as a whole but to the stories that many religions have, and also to the supernatural characters that may be involved. So we talk about Roman mythology, say, referring to the stories of Jupiter, Romulus and Remus, and so on. But that is only part of Roman religion, which also involved rites and rituals, such as burning incense to Caesar's genius. You can apply the same thing to religions today such as Christianity - Christianity also has its own mythology, such as the story of Jesus, his life, death and resurrection. That story plays a key part in the religion, but obviously there is more to the religion than that, both in doctrine and in practice.
Of course, in a religious context, to call something "mythology" isn't to pass judgement on whether it's true or not. It's simply to establish the genre we're talking about. So the story of Jesus is a myth in the same way that the story of Osiris is a myth, but it doesn't follow from that that they are equally true, obviously. A myth is a story or legend that connects at some deep level and expresses important truths or aspirations. An example of modern mythology that is not religious would be the story of Star Wars, which has the basic elements of many myths (good versus evil, but at the heart of it, having to choose between them, and the consequences of these choices).
I think that most people would accept that Greek, Egyptian religion etc were actually religions. "Mythology" refers not to the religion as a whole but to the stories that many religions have, and also to the supernatural characters that may be involved. So we talk about Roman mythology, say, referring to the stories of Jupiter, Romulus and Remus, and so on. But that is only part of Roman religion, which also involved rites and rituals, such as burning incense to Caesar's genius. You can apply the same thing to religions today such as Christianity - Christianity also has its own mythology, such as the story of Jesus, his life, death and resurrection. That story plays a key part in the religion, but obviously there is more to the religion than that, both in doctrine and in practice.
Of course, in a religious context, to call something "mythology" isn't to pass judgement on whether it's true or not. It's simply to establish the genre we're talking about. So the story of Jesus is a myth in the same way that the story of Osiris is a myth, but it doesn't follow from that that they are equally true, obviously. A myth is a story or legend that connects at some deep level and expresses important truths or aspirations. An example of modern mythology that is not religious would be the story of Star Wars, which has the basic elements of many myths (good versus evil, but at the heart of it, having to choose between them, and the consequences of these choices).
) didn't have similarities or work things out through reason before/independent of how the Jews/Christians did. I don't know if that happened or not. My beef was with the word "influence". This implies that the Jud/Chr got their views by borrowing from Zoro and Mith, rather than by divine relevation, or changed their previous views because they liked what Zoro and Mith had better. Replace influence with parallel, and I have no problem with that. I believe that Jud/Chr got their beliefs from relevation. I don't think that that conflicts with what you laid out above or how the two religions were similar or the idea of the Zoros arriving at their beliefs through reason. (of course the preceding paragraph assumes that Chrisitanity is true. If it's not, then it makes sense that Zoro might influence Jud and Chr.)
I certainly hope this does not end up in the game (and seriously doubt it will).
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