Naive questions from his parishioners about simple matters of fact in the [[Bible]] led him to examine the Bible critically. The conclusion he came to was that many accounts in the Bible could not be taken, in all their details, as literally accurate historical accounts. | Naive questions from his parishioners about simple matters of fact in the [[Bible]] led him to examine the Bible critically. The conclusion he came to was that many accounts in the Bible could not be taken, in all their details, as literally accurate historical accounts. |