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What this highlights for me more than anything else is just how LITTLE these lawmakers know about their own precious holy book. Certainly, the passage I cited earlier from Ezekiel is among the most egregious, but any book with the kind of blind violence, misogyny, and slavery, among too many other negatives, utterly disqualifies the bible as any kind of "sweetness and light" tome. I should mention as well that Jesus is no better, with his talk about not bringing peace but a sword and insisting that those who would not be ruled by him be slain before him.

Those who reacted angrily against the banning of the bible likely knew NOTHING of those verses or multiple others. Their reaction was purely knee-jerk, without understanding the details or seeing any point of view other than their own. I'd say we have the opportunity of a teachable moment here, but my impression is that they don't want to be taught.

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𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑠,” ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑. “𝑊𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. … 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦’𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙.

Oh, REALLY! "No detail," eh? Well, how about:

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑠.

-- Ezekiel 23:20

That seems pretty detailed to me ... and about as apropos for a holy book as a hole in the head!

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