(July 2, 2018 at 3:16 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Why is it so difficult to accept that this stuff was not written, inspired or remotely derived from any supernatural being. The simple fact is that like every other religion ever invented it was written by and serves the needs of the ruling class AT THAT TIME to keep in line the commons OF THAT TIME.
It is no longer THAT TIME. It is TIME to toss it in the dustbin and start facing problems realistically without appealing to invisible friends.
Read the Gospel of Matthew and then compare it to the Gospel of Peter. The are identical in their genre and stories.
Because, that's what they were, stories!