If you've ever questioned beliefs that you hold you're not alone. But you ought to realize that every myth is a metaphor; in the case of Christianity and Judaism there exists the belief that spiritual matters are enslaved to history. The Buddhists believe that the functional aspects override the myth while other religions use the literal core to build foundations with. See, half the world sees the myth as fact while it's seen as a lie by the other half and the simple truth is that it's none of that and somehow no matter what the world keeps turning.
Somehow we get by without ever learning.
Science and religion are not mutually exclusive. In fact, for better understanding we take the facts of science
and apply them and if both factors keep evolving then we continue getting information. But closing off possibilities makes it hard to see the bigger picture.
Consider the case of the women whose faith helped
her make it through when she was raped and cut up left for dead in a trunk. Her beliefs held true.
It doesn't matter if it's real or not cause some things
are better left without a doubt and if it works then it gets the job done.