How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture

by Dan Kimball

Here is my point. If you are a Christian, you’ve probably been living like a Yankee in New York City. Christians may engage in internal debates and arguments about minor belief differences or styles of worship in churches. But for the most part, we are still together, on the same side. We believe in one God and know that Jesus is the way to God. But today, all of that is changing. Picture yourself (if you are a Christian) being transported into the middle of India visiting a beautiful family of devout and loving Hindus. You sit down at their dinner table, look them in the eyes, and then tell them that the Bible teaches “Jesus is the only way to God.” It would not be easy. Yet the Bible teaches us that their beliefs are incorrect. It doesn’t matter how you say it, it feels like you are insulting what is sacred and important to them.