Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there. These myths do nothing but instill deeply ingrained, intellectually stifling emotions regarding religion, philosophy, and tolerance permanently within the minds of our very own children.
Fear is contagious and the young learn early and remember long.
This lack of understanding by man, men, and religious institutions regarding their purpose in reality leads them all to overcompensate in their attempts to persuade others of their superior insights and traditions through the processes of intimidation, intolerance, coercion, guilt, rejection of cultural traditions, and fear. In actuality, we know they do it for the selfish reason of hoping to save their own souls. Even as adults, we find it almost impossible, if not impossible, to shed the superstitions and religious insecurities ingrained into us by our parents and religions. No, they just followed the way of their parents, their parent's parents, their parent's parent's parents, etc. It didn't, however, keep us from poking our heads out of the den and gazing into the open heavens.