False Prophets

Surfing the web for interesting sites, I came across the Sceptic's Annotated Bible. What a great tool for combating the propoganda regarding the untouchable status of The Bible which is in fact replete with contradictions, absurdities and misinformation written by a multitude of less than perfect human beings. This book is not blessed it's just big. To revere it without question as the ultimate source of guidance for all human endeavors is yet another example of the power of Igonorance mixed with Charismatics, Superstition and the Flock Mentality.

Here are some links to and excerpts from the Sceptic's Annotated Bible: Injustices in the Bible, Cruelty in the Bible, Insults to Women in the Bible and False Prophecies in the Bible.

"...When I was a Christian, I never read the Bible. Not all the way through, anyway. The problem was that I believed the Bible to be the inspired and inerrant word of God, yet the more I read it, the less credible that belief became. I finally decided that to protect my faith in the Bible, I'd better quit trying to read it...

...The most popular solution to this problem is to leave the Bible reading to the clergy. The clergy then quote from the Bible in their writings and sermons, and explain its meaning to the others. Extreme care is taken, of course, to quote from the parts of the Bible that display the best side of God and to ignore those that don't. That this approach means that only a fraction of the Bible is ever referenced is not a great problem. Because although the Bible is not a very good book, it is a very long one."

Also check out two provocative programs currently airing on PBS and Showtime dealing with Bush and the Bible respectively. See Frontline's The Jesus Factor on PBS or view it online. Also see the Showtime series Penn & Teller: Bulls*!t starting its second season with an episode entitled The Bible: Fact or Fiction?.