While our society is mostly governed by white Christian males, I feel it is useful to examine some of the text by which they claim to live. In my experience, it doesn’t take much study of The Bible to discover that this is a book written by men, not God. As such, there is beauty and inspiration, as in the words of a gifted philosopher named Jesus. There is also explicit racism, sexism, sanction and encouragement of genocide, and explicit approval of slavery.

Here is one shining example, from Leviticus:

However, you may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way. (Leviticus 25:44-46)

Children, too? What a lovely passage. And only one of many. Note that the author states though you may enslave children, men and women for life, you must never treat your own this way.

We may find this parallels well a tacit notion of today’s world: that Western state atrocities are wholly permissible, while their atrocities are a vile crime.

It is patently evident that The Bible was written not by God, but by men, and much as they do today, these men clearly imposed the most pitiful, ugly, and base human qualities onto a god they created in their own image.

They do not speak for God.