From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/4/26 8:49 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
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   > JTEM  posted:   
   >> On 1/4/26 12:49 PM, Mike wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> 1. Is the Bible the literal word of God, or a collection of human   
   >>>       writings shaped by culture, politics, and history?   
   >>   
   >> They are a collection of morality tales -- akin to aesop's fables ==   
   >   
   > Aesop's Fables hasn't had nearly the popularity or   
   > positive effect on the world that the Bible has had.   
      
   You have no clue. They stretch back more than a thousand years earlier   
   than Justinian's solidifying Christianity, and it took Christianity a   
   very long time after that to eclipse the other religions.   
      
           ...Lithuania didn't because Christian until the 14th or 15th   
   century!   
      
      
      
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