Playing Telephone (nonsensical gibberish at 2am)

The Internet didn't exist in 1776, so the Declaration of Independence never had a chance to go viral. Things were simpler. Information took time to travel. Written words weren't permanently housed on a server for posterity. The Constitution was written and passed with distinct wording that meant something that is perhaps different to the understanding of present day thinkers. Laws haven't changed as much as the meaning of the words in context of popular usage. After a couple thousand years, I wonder what those words will mean to future generations. Will the founding fathers be mythical gods that decreed freedom from the heavens? The Pilgrims' Exodus from England was promised by God to be to their promised land where heathens were already squatting.

Can't say why, but it's something that I think about whenever I read a comment about the Christian Bible saying this or that when the Bible is based on teaching from a long time ago written in a different language long before Google Translate. Makes me wonder if things that are "sins" are merely suggested items to avoid for one's personal safety, much like looking both ways before crossing the street. You will die if you don't look both ways. Bacon will clog your arteries, so if you eat bacon you will surely die.

Much like playing telephone, only over a couple thousand years or so.