The Bible has always led from behind. One of the canonical examples to me is that the Bible does not condemn slavery, command that slaves be set free and that they be compensated for their stolen labor. Rather, it tells slave owners how to be good slave owners and slaves how to be good, submissive slaves. It not only doesn't condemn slavery; it assumes it. Indeed, the Old Testament says it's okay to beat a slave so long as the slave doesn't die within a short period of time as a result.

Jesus could have spoken out on this issue (it would have been "better late than never" as it was). Instead, he continued a long tradition of holy writ assuming it and seeing nothing at all wrong with it.

Advanced, ahead-of-its-time morality would have been a signifier of Jesus' divinity or at least his true greatness as a moral teacher. So would a host of other things such as doing something religion has NEVER done -- invented or innovated something new, like, say representative democracy. But here again, an unelected regent lording it over his subjects is assumed as normal. Because 2,000 years ago it was normal. And neither the Bible nor the god-man had the wherewithal to move humanity forward morally or practically.

Why didn't Jesus teach about the importance of public cleanliness and proper waste disposal? That alone would have saved hundreds of millions of lives over the eons, and helped to validate the love of god and the godliness of Jesus.

you should have said what I posted when I was asked to stand in for you for a day;Go forth and please yourself! do whatever you like! - I'm not the one in control of your wants and needs you silly people - have a ball don't take it all too seriously life is too short! Now Play!