“Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes to see the light.”
- Dan Brown (1964 -), American novelist
This was probably not written as appears below.
If there were such a document, we have not found it.
But it was likely in the minds of certain religious leaders, even if the actual words did not flow from their pens.
A thin line separates thought from action.
That line may be crossed with ease.
In the matter of inspiration, the voice that whispers may be good, but it may also be something else. It has ever been thus, since Eden.
If there had been a newspaper in Judea around 33 A.D., and it permitted submissions, it might have run an op-ed thusly:
This is Caiaphas writing.
I was elected your high priest.
My colleague, Annas, appointed some years before me, and I share concern, which we want to alert you to. This is a matter of some urgency.
There is a certain man, a Jesus of Nazareth, who troubles us.
The matter and manner of his birth is uncertain.
He was born in Bethlehem to Mary and Joseph. Joseph is somewhat older, and it is unclear whether he, or someone else, is…
