Reply #12: I don't know [View All]

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We create mythologies around celebrities that usually have nothing to do with the real people, either. Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Julia Roberts-- we know nothing at all about what these people are really like, but we create myths based on the few personal details that pop up, believing those details tell us something. The myth is more important than the reality, because it helps us to reveal ourselves.

Same with religious figures. I studied the Virgin Cult a lot in graduate school, even did my masters thesis on it. From a couple of lines about her in ancient texts where she is a minor player, Christians for 2000 years have developed libraries of details about her, none of which have anything to do with the scant historical details or even the religious details about the actual person. She is created just as celebrities are.

In fact, Britney Spears would have been the perfect Virgin Mary. We know nothing about either, but judge both as though we were their closest friends.