Myth, lie, fiction.

So there I was, sitting in my Mysteries of the Sky class talking about dinosaurs being wiped out by a meteor millions, billions of years ago. I get sick of hearing the teacher say what happened to X, Y many years ago and the small amounts of evidence they have to make these statements. Then it occured to me that it's not a lie it's a myth. There is no real way of knowing what happened and how old the earth is but creating some end all story was the only real solution. Looking at that class with the myth perspective creates a new light for me. Who cares if what they say maybe wrong it's a neat and almost beautiful story. Since no one knows and it can never be proven one way or the other it's fiction. And people believe in this fiction that is known to be fiction for the sake of the myth. Just as people believe in the Bible. It's the myth that makes it what it is. Interesting how an english class can relate to an astronomy class, but is this an one way street?