The Bible was written by people who were the minority (mainly prophets), so in essence, it is a “minority report”. The prophets were a heavily persecuted minority by both the Israelites and their leaders. Israelites throughout ancient times held different views from those taught in the Bible and did what they felt was right. Often, leaders even created new rules that gave them power and control. In Matt 15:3-9, Jesus called out Israel’s leaders for this in the 1st century when he said they “substitute god’s laws with man-made traditions” and when he said this he quoted Isaiah 29:13. Throughout the Bible itself, we can see how the people casually worship idols and don’t reverence God’s covenant, meanwhile the authors are always trying to get people to go back to the covenant they are in. Let’s examine one example from Judges, chapters 17 and 18, with Micah’s promotion of idolatry.