Talk:Myth (disambiguation)

Examples concerning the US:

• We have also developed a myth of the infallibility of the founding fathers, and the nation having been founded on Christian principles.

This mention is the first I've heard in my 50 years of life of the "infallibility" of the founding fathers. The way I was taught history, those guys made plenty of mistakes. (Not banning slavery right from the start was their costliest: see American Civil War.)

And whose view is it that it is a "myth" that America was founded on Christian principles? (Or to what extent do certain historians say America was not founded on Christian principles?) In any case, using a controversial example is a poor way to illustrate the meaning of a term. --Ed Poor 16:23, 16 April 2010 (UTC)