When we trace our belief systems back through antiquity to the earliest beliefs, we find that beliefs were based primarily upon planetary motion. Maxwell calls these beliefs astro-theology. The Power of Myth - Vols. The Dancing Universe - a physicist argues that science and religion, far from being warring disciplines, may each offer valid, perhaps even complimentary, explanations for the origins of the universe. If you believe that we choose our thoughts and that our thoughts create our reality, then imagine the effect a creation mythology has on an entire culture.
Life is a choice.
Thought is a choice. Creation mythologies, while developed by a collective consciousness over time, are also a choice. Ultimately, they are a choice. We may not be able to control the underlying archetypes, but we can decide how they will be colored. So we can choose to think differently.