(January 12, 2012 at 10:42 pm)Hoptoad Wrote: The problem isn't God, it's getting people to behave in a way that's beneficial to them. None of the rules Moses got applied to Abraham but the rules Abraham got applied to Moses. If on the other hand God had tried to impose JC s rules on either of the previous they would have been as popular as a fart in a elevator.
Wait... Really? God's laws depend on popularity? You're the second person I've ever hear imply this, both in the last couple of weeks. This "popularity doctrine" is a new one to me.
I find it far more likely that scripture came from the mind of man, and changed as society's values (and the interests of the priest class) changed.
