(September 20, 2016 at 5:37 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: With all due deference to Twain, I think it was the general culture of the times which gave rise to the witch hunts, and not so much "the text" (aka the bible). I think it would be somewhat misguided then to looking to purge the text as an answer to man's ills.
Of course. I believe he is giving kudos to the secular forces which won the day rather than recommending changing the texts. We need to keep those archaic verses intact as a road sign of where never to tread again. Like a bad recipe book "What ever you do , don't make this soup!"
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!