[Thatcherite]

But you never asked the question in that form.

False witness. Read #365 again. I asked you right away to explain your position.

[Thatcherite]

Actually not right away, overstating my case, but after you'd raised the bewildering McVeigh and "sons" vs "children" issues. Ages ago, anyway, not "never".

[js1138]

I have a simple interpretation of difficult Bible verses. I think people at any given time do their best to understand existence and understand God. the understanding changes with time because cultures evolve, and people are able to see things were formerly hidden to them. This does not imply that our current understanding is perfect.

I think it requires an enormous ability to compartmentalize to think that the words of the Old testament represent the absolute and unchanging word of God. We can see the worldview of the Old Testament patriarchs alive and flourishing in the Middle East today.