I have to appreciate scholarship vs. dogma. Nice sampling, Eugene. If I ever have too much time on my hands, I’d love to read about the history of the early years of christianity–not as religion but more along the lines of what you say here.

It’s fascinating/horrifying that people take these writings as “fact” when they were predominantly written by every day Greeks or Romans, not “god”. Poor record keeping and translation (ancient Aramaic anyone?) or copying errors and missing chapters–it all has an effect on the meaning. Not to mention King James’ own political agenda back in the day.