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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon
Sacred texts best serve as history when examined as primary source material for the time period in which they were composed. Their usefulness is limited as an actual historical record of the persons or events discussed within the work. I can't tell whether your correspondent understands this or not.
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Well stated.
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Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be.
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