re: #276 Almost Killed by Space Hookers

A better way, I think, to look at this whole issue isn’t what was edited “out” as much as what was inscribed within.

The official dogmas of Christianity evolved in time, and circumscribing accepted beliefs became a central task of the leadership.

As with Islam and the origins of the Quran, which are dependent upon the pre-existence of Christianity, (particularly upon what are now considered heretical views of Jesus which were believed in that part of the world), the development of Christianity and the NT took place over a one to two century duration in which syncretism battled with exclusivism.

All of this takes away the magick, which makes adherents uncomfortable.