We really have no way of telling the difference between God revealing God's self through means which produce literature that looks like other religious literature, and people producing religious literature that expresses their beliefs. But given the difficult theological and moral issues that arise from taking the first stance, the second seems more attractive. Why make it harder for ourselves to disagree with ancient authors when they seem from our perspective to have been wrong, when we might be wrong about their inability to be wrong?
[The above is part of a comment I wrote on Facebook, which someone said they wanted to quote, and so I thought I would post it here.]
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