Millions
believe that the Bible is the word of God. That fact alone
makes it an important book. But as the Bible is still read,
studied and sold in vast quantities, and is still being used
to justify the oppression of women and homosexuals, we must
not ignore it, nor should we forget the history of the
struggle against it.
From
the Middle Ages on our civilization has battled to free
itself from Biblical ideas or ideas derived from Bible
teaching. In both science and ethics, progress has often had
to be made in disregard of, and sometimes in defiance of,
Biblical texts and teachings.
This is not to say that you
can't draw a message of love from the Bible. The Bible is so
vast and so varied that you can draw virtually anything from
it. That is why most of this pamphlet simply examines the
Bible in the light of its own contents.
