Racists, homophobics, polygamists and Pat Robertson; they all can rely on the bible to excuse their behavior. The bible in itself is not a racist or homophobic book but if you look deep enough you can gather the scriptures to excuse your actions.

The Old Testament is usually the tool of these types of Christians. With so many diverse stories about ancient individuals it is not hard to find the examples they need to prove their feelings. The trick is simple, find a scripture that seems to mean its ok to do what you want and ignore those that insist you are wrong.

I call these people Old Testament Christians. Like the infamous Westboro Baptist Church, the subhumans responsible for “God Hates Fags”—what a crummy site, what, no homophobes in your “church” that can design a website?—and “Thank God For Dead Soldiers.” They love scriptures condemning homosexuality, even though they were written in a different time for different people. They have to ignore the scriptures of forgiveness and not being judgmental by Christ, but those scriptures are boring and too lovey dovey.

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