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Originally Posted by bobjob
I understand now, thanks for the explanation. There's a lot in that handbook that jars with present-day understanding, so many tales made-up by the social media posters of that time. The social media posters of today also write a lot of made-up stories.  |
i meant the way you brush away this scripture by calling it a handbook with posts by social media posters of that time. i can't do that. i have too much history with it. it is meaningful to me and i have gone over it many times, studying it, delving deeper into it, finding the kernels of truth, getting to the bottom of the sayings.
there are serious bible historians (i am not one of them) who spend their entire lives studying every word of it, relating it to the times and circumstances and customs when these words were uttered.
this study is similar to studying the US Constitution and trying to understand what the founders had in mind when they wrote the various articles.