Quote:Suppose, instead, we say that while Jesus clearly felt that religious morality was right, the specifics of a given religious morality are another issue entirely.
Of course. Jesus was peddling his own interpretation of religion, just like any religious leader in history. This doesn't change the dogmatic nature of his teachings and the potential harm that they can cause.
Quote:There's the common assumption that the author of jesus words would have even known what the "religious morality" of the OT was in it's entirety (specifically when a comment like the one you just made is offered up Kirb).
I think that it's likely that whoever wrote the Gospels had at least an idea of what the Old Testament was about. Including the "rape/murder/ genocide" part.
Why? Because the first authors of the Bible were educated as Jewish. Educated Jews of those times probably knew what the Bible was about.
