What a myth never contains is the critical power to separate its truth from its errors.

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A myth is an idea that is widely accepted as true, but may be entirely false. A myth can be something very large like the story of Jesus Christ or something very small like a belief that humans were created by God. The problem with myths is that they are hard to distinguish from the truth because they are so widely accepted. A myth has no critical power to separate its truth from its errors.

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1. What a myth never contains is the critical power to separate its truth from its errors.

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2. It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

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