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"Historically, religions have been found to be very adapting" You're talking about syncretism. As new religions are generated, they draw from previous ritual a
by illuminate 14y ago
"Historically, religions have been found to be very adapting"
You're talking about syncretism. As new religions are generated, they draw from previous ritual and myth. This is not the sort of adaptation to eliminate falsehoods referenced here. The bible includes elements cribbed from other religions, it is not rewritten to be factual.
- pretoriusB 14y ago>This is not the sort of adaptation to eliminate falsehoods referenced here. The bible includes elements cribbed from other religions, it is not rewritten to be factual. Both things happen. Religions also take things out of their "canon" as the society evolves, precisely to take out old mistakes. The way the Catholic church does not endorse slavery or the "Spanish Inquisition" as it once did, for example.