my wife and I discussed this concept a bit the other day. She asked a good question. What is keeping me from taking the kids to church? I said because they are taught myths as if they are true. She offered the argument that allegory can be useful as an object lesson.
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)