MYTHS, LIES, AND DETERMINING THE TRUTH C. S. Lewis was correct when he noted that not all “myths” are untrue. But can a claim about the past contain an untruth yet still tell us something true about the world? Yes, and this is even true in criminal trials. Judges tell jurors, “If you think the witness lied about some things but told the truth about others, you may simply accept the part that you think is true and ignore the rest.”34 Ancient mythological claims about deities contain many untruths, but they also contain the true, reasonable expectations all of us have about God.
