Columnist Richard Fein: Cancel the Bible? RICHARD FEIN
Published: 6/27/2021 8:18:49 PM
Throughout my life I have approached the Bible reverently albeit not literally. This column is about my personal problem with many of the most prominent figures in the Bible. To use a contemporary term, should I cancel Biblical characters for those of their actions I consider abhorrent? I will limit myself to only those characters in what many people refer to as the Old Testament.
Take Abraham. He was the progenitor of three monotheistic faiths. On the other hand, he nearly murdered Ishmael, Hagar and Isaac. In Massachusetts those are felonies.
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