(May 5, 2015 at 1:50 pm)abaris Wrote:(May 5, 2015 at 1:35 pm)dahrling Wrote: If you take away all historical inaccuracies and supernatural events from the Bible, you're basically left with a bunch of nonsensical, and many times, hateful teachings and laws.
Yes, a mirror of the time and the society they were created for. It's mildly interesting from a historical point of view, it's utterly appaling that a lot of people still try to follow that kind of desert dwelling Iron Age legislation to the letter.
That sickens me as well. The fact that people disregard that the Bible has literally been the same for the majority of its existence and yet people claim that it is still relevant.