Religion: Superstition And Mythology

"Superstition, belief, half-belief, or practice for which there appears to be no rational substance. Those who use the term imply that they have certain knowledge or superior evidence for their own scientific, philosophical, or religious convictions. An ambiguous word, it probably cannot be used except subjectively. With this qualification in mind, superstitions may be classified roughly as religious, cultural, and personal.

"Every religious system tends to accumulate superstitions as peripheral beliefs—a Christian, for example, may believe that in time of trouble he will be guided by the Bible if he opens it at random and reads the text that first strikes his eye. Often one person’s religion is another one’s superstition: the Roman emperor Constantine referred to some non-Christian practices as superstition; the Roman historian Tacitus called Christianity a pernicious superstition; Roman Catholic veneration of relics, images, and the saints is dismissed as superstitious by many Protestants; Christians regard many Hindu practices as superstitious; and adherents of all “higher” religions may consider Australian Aboriginal peoples’ relation to their totem superstitious. Finally, all religious beliefs and practices may seem superstitious to the person without religion." (link)

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"Mythology is the main component of Religion."

"Initially, theology and mythology were synonymous."

"- - -  both primitive and modern theology is inescapably constrained by its mythical backbone. - - -"

"The classicist Robert Graves defines myths as 'whatever religious or heroic legends are so foreign to a student's experience that he cannot believe them to be true.'"

"Folklorists define a myth as "a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form."

" Widespread similarities between religious mythologies include the following:

• an initial Paradise preceding ordinary historical time^[20]

• the story of a god who undergoes death and resurrection (life-death-rebirth deity).^[21][22]

• The mythical geography of many religions involves an axis mundi, or Cosmic Center.^[23]

• Creation myths

• Supreme deity

• Hero's journey"

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_mythology)
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How does one tell which religion is true, if any? What tool are you going to use when all of them believe on faith and not evidence?
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***If you disagree with this article, how do you justify or verify that your beliefs are true? What is your view regarding the value of evidence?***
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