The former bishop John Shelby Spong

June 7, 2008

From 2004:

Liberal Ex-bishop Attacks in The Sins of Scripture

  
  The former bishop John Shelby Spong, published his  
new book "The Sins of Scripture" last month, this
includes considerable Biblical reinterpretation (such as 
the homosexuality of St. Paul) and the historical uses of 
scripture to justify terrible acts/crimes and sins against 
other people. 
    
 "Can we really worship the God found in the Bible who
sent the 'angel of death' across the land of Egypt to 
murder the firstborn males in every Egyptian household?" 
Bishop Spong asks. 
    
Or what about 1 Samuel 15, in which God is quoted as  
issuing orders to wipe out all the Amalekites: 'Kill
 both man and woman, child and infant.' 
    
As for the New Testament, Revelation 19:17 has an angel 
handing out invitations to a divine dinner of
'the flesh of all people.'"   

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Ugh!

the book at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Sins-Scripture-Exposing-Bibles-Reveal/dp/0060778407/ref=reader_req_dp