Personally, I believe that one victim of the Whig interpretation of history is Jesus himself, the historical Jesus.
Yes - we reinvent historical figures, recharacterising them so to speak so that they espouse the values of our contemporary world. So Jesus is a a democrat, a feminist, an environmentalist and who who knows what down the line.
I guess it's that old clliche: Man created God in his own image.
there are a lot of stories where a god impregnates a moral woman.
I guess virtue is its own reward.
Sorry, Karen, typos do happen (as well I know!) but this one was too much to resist.
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