>if not only for the overtones of hate on religion & God. (I say this as a Christian athiest.)
and? Why should they have special protection over things? Why cannot some other made up, modified over the years stories be held in such high regard?
and? Why should they have special protection over things? Why cannot some other made up, modified over the years stories be held in such high regard?
I was critcizing the hatred. The object of the hate is unimportant. Drop the emotion and share the logic. The OP's entire rant was an unfounded strawman attack on religion.
"Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically"
No it wasn't. That was a side point. The main point was that the constitution isn't Gospel -- we can change it and shouldn't treat it as perfect.