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I've seen these types of arguments used against ALL the scriptures including the Torah. "Moses didn't really write the Torah but they were copied down later-blah, blah, blah." (Even though after Joshua's attack at Ai it says, "he [Joshua] READ all the words of the law...there was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not READ..." Joshua 8:34-35) Someone not so long ago was arguing with me about Kings not being accurate because there were verses that didn't fit his way of thinking.

Basically, if the scripture doesn't fit somebody's preconceived notion then the scriptures are in error and you disregard it. You become like Thomas Jefferson cutting out verses that doesn't fit with your way of thinking and wrapping your theology around what's left. It's no different then making golden calves and saying "Here are your gods."

You become like Thomas Jefferson cutting out verses that doesn't fit with your way of thinking and wrapping your theology around what's left. It's no different then making golden calves and saying "Here are your gods."

The problem presented by Jefferson's approach is that you are presented with something that still looks deceptively like an intact Bible, unless you take the time to open the cover and explore the contents. That means you have to get "up close" first. And that's assuming you even have permission first.

Golden calves, on the other hand, are so "out there" by contrast to Biblical faith (or even to the Jeffersonian edited kind) that you can usually spot them from miles away.