Cartoon 852: The Laws

Religion operates on faith. It works when you will believe as instructed ignoring nay sayers and shutting off debate. The analytical is anathema to religion. For religion to be affective you must suspend disbelief.

Perspectives change when you let slip the dogs of reason.

How logical is it that Moses would come down off the mountain then throw down and destroy the work of God? Did God really speak to him? The evidence was the tablets.

It is more likely a crafted story. The story reflects the action used to marginalize a faction that was a rising power supplanting his rule. Its full ascendancy occurred while he was on the mountain.