If you think about it, the Old Testament consists of Hebrew religious texts that were sort of the Hebrew version of our Constitution. It was their book of laws. So there's an analogy to how our law makers write laws to control society and the way the Hebrews wrote religious texts to do the same thing. And the Christian Church followed that same path, selecting religious texts for the purpose of controlling society.
Why is it so?
~Julius Sumner Miller
~Julius Sumner Miller