Moe_Nox posted:
The more frothy nutballs on each side think they know what the original authors intended.

I'm actually cutting the bible some slack. There are two possibilities here.
1.) Stories, such as Moses parting the Red Sea, were intended as literal happenings that supposedly occurred precisely as described. This means the authors were delusional morons.
2.) Stories, such as Moses parting the Red Seas, were intended as metaphoric fables occasionally based on a scattering of fact. This means the authors actually had a brain, and were simply using illustrative imagination to express a multitude of philosophical points.
I'm picking the second option, personally. Unfortunately, way too many modern religious believers have chosen the former. They, too, are morons.
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