Maame Grace, the Bible was there but the Europeans bought slaves and oppressed them.., same way we have the Bible in our rooms but fornicate, steal and kill. It’s human nature… human beings are just rebellious. And it doesn’t change whether the Bible is true or not. You can also have the most powerful occult book in your room and be doing bad stuff- nothing will happen.
The writers of the bible use exagerations as a literary device. It’s likely he fasted for 4 days and another 4 days- not 40 days and another 40 days. The people wouldn’t wait for him for that long.
