Humanity Persists

Ah, you must be still in the depths of the Old Testament. The thing to remember about the bible, and this is going to get me into so much trouble with my priest if he ever hears me say this, is that it's an interpretative document. It was written a very long time ago when cultural expectations were a lot different. Hence the smiting and the testing and the punishment from on high. God as a force to be feared and obeyed, because back them that's what people expected. The New Testment is very different - much more about loving each other and treating each other well and less hellfire and damnation. It's basically two different books.