*vigorous nod* Not to mention how much the husband/wife writings of Paul, when understood appropriately tell us BOATLOADS about human nature and our anamalistic tendencies, but have been SO misused.
I agree completely.
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And you see, looking at the environment in which the various parts of the Bible were written can shed SOOO much light on faith. Yet you mention to any fundamentalist pastor that parts of the Bible might be borrowed from earlier or comparative time texts and their eyes will burst with fire and brimstone. And if I even mention Mithraism ... watch out!
Quite. Difficult, because so little pre-Roman scripture exists. I only recently learned that there are still Zoroastrians in Iran, who speak their own distinct language (neither Persian nor Kalhori). And, of course, the Parsis in India are a comparatively large group.
Chrome, we'll have to do quantum physics after all .... this won't work for disagreement.
