Grandma’s Cake
Some things are handed down to us verbatim, some genetically, and some by the culture. The recipe for Grandma’s cake was originally lost, but then reconstructed by two granddaughters, who hit the ingredients right on the nose, as was verified when a copy resurfaced in 2020. Let me tell you, that cake, which used no baking powder, soda, or yeast, was delicious.
But we are handed down more things than that. We received the legacy of a lone Israeli who followed through on all the predictions of the Messiah, died terribly, but left great changes to Western Civilization. So far, his followers have resisted any changes to the negative, and this over a period of 2,000 years.
Of course, that doesn’t mean they haven’t strayed. I assume you know how nature works—human nature, that is. It’s a sort of cumulative, mathematical average effect. Given human weakness, it can’t be perfect. But the Savior was as perfect as humans could be.
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