Supernatural beings or imaginary characters were often used to explain popular ideas concerning nature or the history of people. The myths that were carried on from generation to generation were very imaginative in an attempt to get the interest of young listeners. ... Often as individuals told the stories, they were changed slightly in context or meaning. ... Present day myths deal with issues that have factual evidence that can explain why things occur. ... This is because a culture or society does not want to believe the facts that are known in an attempt to give reassurance to one'...

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Even as a student, he could not tolerate superstition or claims not backed up by proof, preferably mathematical (Levinger 8). ... In 1610 (Rmartin),Galileo said of the moon, "It certainly does not possess a smooth and polished surface, but one rough and uneven, and, just like the face of the Earth itself, is everywhere full of vast protuberances, deep chasms, and sinuosities" (McTavish 22). ... Venus had phases that seemed to change in size. This could only mean that it moved around the sun and not the Earth? ... If Galileo had any doubts surrounding his Copernican conviction, it w...

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