Religion and Mythology
- Śīla (in Sanskrit) or sīla (in Pāli), "behavioral discipline", "morality", "virtue", or "ethics" in Buddhism
- Sila, in Arab folklore, a type of Jinn
- Sila (murti), in Hinduism a murti or vigraha in the form of a stone
- Silap Inua (sila), in Inuit mythology, the primary component of everything that exists
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“There is not a greater paradox in nature,—than that so good a religion [as Christianity] should be no better recommended by its professors.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
“One memorable addition to the old mythology is due to this era,—the Christian fable. With what pains, and tears, and blood these centuries have woven this and added it to the mythology of mankind! The new Prometheus. With what miraculous consent, and patience, and persistency has this mythus been stamped on the memory of the race! It would seem as if it were in the progress of our mythology to dethrone Jehovah, and crown Christ in his stead.”
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