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starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 week agoThere were tons of Bibles, but the Romans only accepted this one. The assumption is that the others weren’t very nice about the Romans. Think about it, a bunch of stories written during an occupation that barely mention the oppressors? And when they do they’re nice about them? That makes no sense.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah definitely the others were burned down until only the OFFICIAL RELIGIOUS BOOK OF THE EMPIRE was allowed, with all the additions, subtractions and modifications they thought should happen. 🥲