Originally Posted by antlers
Jesus’ most devout first century followers never owned ‘the Bible’, and never read ‘the Bible’...because there was no ‘the Bible’ to be had or read.


True, the illiterate relied on hand me down
oral account..the question is how much truth
and accuracy did such tales maintain when
passed along?.. ie: how much fact vs fiction?

Tall stories have flourished in all cultures and
and belief systems, no reason backward middle
east folks would be exempt.


-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.