I think it should, because:
At first, the biblical metanarrative challenges paganism, and neo-pagan. What the Bible offers presents itself as the truth of which paganism is the parody.
There is one God, the creator; creation is good, but it is not God; the reality of evil in the world is not to be explained in terms either of an evil creation or an evil god.
The authors of the Bible were very human and often made mistakes in their writing, limited by the tribal nature of their culture, their theocratic or dictatorial political structure, their lack of scientific knowledge, etc. Human rights were not highly valued in biblical times.
Some biblical passages are religious propaganda, and not historically reliable. The gospels' text which blamed "the Jews" for the execution of Jesus is one example.
So, what do you think?
2007-03-05
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