Posted: Oct 31, 2014 8:52 pm
CdesignProponentsist wrote:John Platko wrote:To be sure, there's an art to milking the Bible for all it's worth. But to be honest, I wouldn't think it worth the effort if it wasn't for the story about the life of Jesus- there's a lot to be milked out of that one that relates to human behavior and human ideas. I think the whole human condition can be explored by investigating that story.
Why not just read the Jefferson Bible? It comes with all the magic and divinely sanctioned murder removed.
We have a bit better understanding of psychology today than TJ had so I think we can make sense, and educated guesses, out of much of what he cut out. But the basic idea of what I'm saying and what he did is the same.