myths vs narratiives

discussing myths and narratives in class is very interesting. i love that in this class topics that mr D presents to us arent taught but rather discussed. i think that myths are used mainly to explain what isnt fully understood. Last night i was watching ghost adventures and alot of the claims of paranormal activity were kind of a jump to conclusion instead of an actual explanation. now to be fully honest its hard for me to decide where the line between myth and narrative is. i understand what myths and narratives are but i cant explain what a narrative is without sounding like im talking about a myth. i can say that in todays world myths are less common because of our improved communication technologies. it allows us to view other cultures and opens our mind to ideas that small communities may have missed out on in that past. The small myths in this culture are dying out while grand narratives take shape in a bigger community. people who do not believe what everyone else does become the minority and the majority views their beliefs as false myths. i see this alot in religion and i know most people in the society i live in are very defensive of their faith so dont get offended when i say that typically religious stories told in the bible are myths. i read the first few pages and i think its really amazing how tradition of these stories and explanations of where the earth came from are still told and believed today. im not saying its wrong all im saying is the stories were written thousands of years ago. the advancement in technology does not affect the tradition at all which amazes me. we know so much more about the world now compared to then and they are still to this day believed. In brave new world they live to improve, i totally get it. but certain things will not change just because technology improves. it is a warning of what mat become if we put 'progress' in front of everything else and dont take other ideas into consideration. it would happen with anything believed by everyone everywhere. with no outside imput people cannot choose what they believe. all that is ever right is what society tells us.