From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 1/4/26 8:49 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > > 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.   
      
   The Bible has sold several BILLION of copies. Aesop's   
   Fables has never risen to the level of the Bible. There   
   is no comparison.   
   >   
   >         ...Lithuania didn't because Christian until the 14th or 15th   
   > century!   
      
   That's really great that Christianity won them over!   
      
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