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To: fishtank
The books of the Old Testament were passed down through songs and stories around the campfires for about 1200 years, from about 1800 BC to about 600 BC. None of it was written down until the Hebrews were taken in as slaves to Babylon. Much like Americans who were brought from Africa, their period of slavery removed them from a savage wilderness existence, to some semblance of civilization.

The morals of these stories helped many generations progress toward better ways of living and thinking.

Then every few generations, along comes a large batch of total idiots; so desperate in their ignorance and superstition to worship creatures and things, rather than the Creator; who can't seem to get beyond arguing about the literal interpretations, while totally ignoring all the morals of the stories.

These idiots just cannot wait to be (again) enslaved and martyred, just so they don't have to do so much thinking for themselves.

48 posted on 07/14/2014 8:54:11 AM PDT by meadsjn
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To: meadsjn

I get your point, although I would suggest a couple of things. First, I assume you would agree that there must have been a good reason why the Old Testament contains concrete stories and histories about individuals and nations,instead of just giving a list of rules or medititaions on morality in the abstract? Second, maybe you didn’t intend it this way, but by speaking of the “morals of the stories” you sound a bit like those who think Scriptural details are not important as long as we understand the “main points”. Even if not to be taken purely literally, I think the details are crucial as signs, guideposts or symbolic representations of the teaching, and that the “main points” cannot be fully grasped until the details are fully grasped.


61 posted on 07/14/2014 9:27:49 AM PDT by dinoparty
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