ishmael blog #2

in the book ishmael, ishamel asks his new pupil to tell him the story of the beginning of earth. the story most of us know is simply this

once upon a time the universe was created by the big bang. it was nothing but plants and organisms. but overtime the organisms slowly evolved into animals and as everyone knows darwin turned into man. and as they say "the rest is history".

this story is our urban mythology. just as greeks believed their mythology was how the earth came to be is how we believe in this story. if we were to go up to a greek a long time ago and say "your mythology is quoite interesting indeed" they might stare at us blankly and reply "what myth? this is the story of how our world came to be this is how the gods created all that the world is now" of course we know other wise. we might look at them in pitty becasue it is in our human nature to feel bad for those who seem primative and naive.

this story is the urban myth...the buzzing in the background, that ishmael was speaking of.