[quote=@Bishop]
[@Meta] How do you know the bible wasn't written by some fantasy writer some thousands of years ago and was used by a group of people to get themselves in power by manipulating the common folk?
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Well, we know that isn't the case because we know there were multiple writers over various time periods. It would also technically fall under "historical fiction" since much of it was exaggeration of or based loosely on actual events and people. Apollonius and Yeshua are examples of this.