[Sopater]

McDonald used the textbook's worksheet. On it, students were to give examples of how the Iroquois tale reflects four functions of myth - to instill awe, explain the world, support customs and guide people.

I wonder how evolutionism stands up to this test?

1. instill awe - check. Who isn't awed to hear that they share a common anscestor with bacteria.

2. explain the world - check. The sole purpose of evolutionism is to explain the world as we know it with purely naturalistic processes.

3. support customs - check. Evolutionism supports many customs by trying to show that many human behaviors are normal because they are seen in lower animals.

4. guide people - check. Evolution, in its attempts to explain the miracle of life in purely natural, materialisic ways has guided people away from believing in an all power God who created this world and all that lives on it.

I guess evolutionism qualifies as a myth...

[amchugh]

Hey, no derailing! :)

[aNYCguy]

The four functions are necessary but not sufficient. Reread the paragraph.