I am convinced that some of biblical writings are scribes with liberal license to pen what they wanted to justify institutional prerogatives over the ages.
Nevermind that most people couldn't translate aramaic into greek or hebrew. It's like asking someone who is an ebonics master to write in french. Its a miracle that the four gospels all got it close enough and no wonder some accounts differ.
The stuff written after the fact to justify the church making eunichs of priests because budgeting was hard enough without primogeniture laws taking church lands away from parishes giving it to widows of priests--highly suspect as lacking in real authority-but shall we talk about King Henry II and the assassination of Archbishop Becket now? Ecclesiastical and Kingly head butting over properties and titles?? not holy. not close.
Some of the bible I just don't I have to say trust. Like- some people just renounce marriage for the kingdom and that is a good thing. No it isn't. If you don't believe in marriage you shouldn't be officiating at them. If you don't believe in having your own children what are you doing running a school full of other people's kids. That is the last sort of person I want overseeing my kids- someone who never had their own.
Some of it is frankly suspect if not outright crap ---which is why it is a darn good thing that we have separation of church and state in this country wherein no one's crappy dogma gets to lock up anyone for begging to differ.
Those who can't do teach, and those who can't teach, teach dogma. It's easier to memorize half asleep like the comatose incantation litany of all the saints since corneliaus and syprius.
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