To reiterate DarkJedi's point, we don't stick to the views of the people at the time of these events / stories - or to how ancient people saw some concepts. The Atonement is a prime example. We don't see it the way it was seen in the Old Testament (and the general concept did exist back then), nor do we see it the same way the earliest Christians saw it.
That's okay, since there is no objective way to determine how God sees it. We do the best we can to make sense of it - just like everything else.
Modifying My View of Abraham and Isaac
Re: Modifying My View of Abraham and Isaac
I see through my glass, darkly - as I play my saxophone in harmony with the other instruments in God's orchestra. (h/t Elder Joseph Wirthlin)
Even if people view many things differently, the core Gospel principles (LOVE; belief in the unseen but hoped; self-reflective change; symbolic cleansing; striving to recognize the will of the divine; never giving up) are universal.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
Even if people view many things differently, the core Gospel principles (LOVE; belief in the unseen but hoped; self-reflective change; symbolic cleansing; striving to recognize the will of the divine; never giving up) are universal.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken