phatboy--
"I DO agree with the teachers who state that Biblical truth is best discussed in other classes besides science."
thank you for understanding the differences between religion and science. it is not often that i read comments from people who can see that science deals with one thing while religion deals with another. both are vital to our society and culture and satisfy different needs that we all have.
"By definition the supernatural is unprovable and unverifiable yet to call it a fairy tale or a myth is assuming an absolute truth of your own based on verifiable provable knowledge."
i base my assertion that the bible is myth on the mythological accounts of other influential cultures in the eastern med and middle east at the time the OT was composed. for example, the flood story is almost identical to the flood story from the epic of gilgamesh and the commandments and laws of the bible are an obvious adaptation or clear assimilation of hammurabi's code. other OT stories have many parallels and identical story lines to other babylonian myths, as well as the myths of the persians and egyptians.
fantasy is an escape from reality. in fantasies, people can feel empowered to change any aspect of an oftentimes hostile and unforgiving reality. for example, many people fear death. believing we will go to a better place, or any place at all, after we die soothes the anxiety we feel about death.