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The Unexpurgated Autobiography of Mark Twain

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BryanS7/11/2010 1:58:44 pm PDT

re: #90 ralphieboy

At some point, most Christians stopped viewing the Bible as the literal and unchangeable Word of God and started seeing it as the work of human beings, one which arose in a particular social and historical context.

Which does not necessarily make it less inspired or less valid as a religious message, but it does make it possible to see things in a modern light.

This is a tendency that is starting to slip in Christianity, and one which has hardly developed at all in Islam.

The more flexible a religion is, the better. Jews and Christians have developed more flexibility than Muslims, for sure.

At some point, though, when does it make sense to just drop the whole thing when it is clear the foundational text is so far from the truth or what is good for society?