| The myth which belongs to our culture is easily broken down into two parts. The first, the earth belongs to man, and the earth is man's to conquer and control. The second, the world should be man's paradise, but man is inherently self-destructive. | It is important that people learn what the significance of a myth is in a culture. The culture follows the myth, not just as a way to explain how things came to be, but to give the believers of the myth an idea of what is to come. | This myth is not held by all of man, yet. This myth belongs to the culture of the "civilized" world. From Hong Kong to New York to Baghdad to Sydney, this myth is so ambient in the culture that children at the age of seven understand the myth. |
