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Atheist Group To Publicly Destroy ‘Immoral’ Pages of the Bible

Posted: September 16, 2011

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Last year pastor Terry Jones outraged the global community when he went through with a plan to burn the Koran. But the Muslim holy book isn’t the only holy book that is filled with “immoral” passages. An atheist group in California is holding a demonstration this weekend where they will rip out pages in the bible in order to rid the good book from “immoral” teachings.

Bruce Gleason, director of Backyard Skeptics, said:

“We’re not there to burn the Bible or desecrate. But there are plenty verses in the Bible that if you did any of those things today, you’d be thrown in jail immediately.”

The OC Register notes that one passage that will be removed from the bible is from Deuteronomy 22: 14-31, which says ”if a man finds his wife not to be a virgin, the community can stone her.”

Gleason says that his group will trim down the bible much like Thomas Jefferson did. Jefferson’s Bible, which the Smithsonian National Museum of American History is currently restoring, contained just 86-pages of the spiritual tome.

Gleason said:

“We will have copies of the Jefferson Bible.. Out of 1,100 pages he only kept (86) of them. This is one of our Founding Fathers.

“We want to make this a better world for secular and humanistic values. We don’t believe prayer works. We don’t believe religion adds anything except a sense of false hope.”

Gleason will stream the Backyard Skeptics demonstration on UStream at 2 p.m. 

What do you think of the Backyard Skeptics demonstration? Are Christians wrong to read these “immoral passages?” Are the backyard skeptics wrong to preach their beliefs to other people? Will having Jefferson’s bible on hand confuse Christian fundamentalists? Can’t we all just get along?

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Posted: September 16, 2011
Dan Evon

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7 Archived Responses to “ Atheist Group To Publicly Destroy ‘Immoral’ Pages of the Bible ”

  1. Virginia Roberts
    Sep 16, 2011

    Choosing to burn the Bible instead of the Quran because Christians won't retaliate sort of undermines your point doesn't it?

  2. Melissa Montoya
    Sep 18, 2011

    Who is burning the bible…? 0_o

    Did you READ this article? Seems you missed the point and the context and the actions being taken all together. <3

  3. Shanna Underwood
    Sep 19, 2011

    I think it's interesting that Jefferson's bible only has 86 pages left in it and while I see that this would be a political statement about the hate speech in the bible, I can't justify holding a demonstration like this. It is too much like book burning to me. I agree with atheists more than any other group of people with regards to religion/non-religion because they are for human rights regardless of factors that seem to make other groups think less of certain groups of people. I think this demonstration throws atheists into the same category as Christians burning Qurans. It's hateful even though you are demonstrating against hateful passages in the bible. There has to be a better way of getting your message across.

  4. Chris Lawrence
    Sep 19, 2011

    I agree.

  5. Rand D Haga
    Sep 20, 2011

    It appears that the Backyard Skeptics have way too much time on their hands. Have they read any books by former hard-core atheists such as C.S. Lewis, Josh McDowell and Lee Strobel? I challenge any Backyard Skeptics to read any of their works with an open mind.

  6. Rell Will
    Sep 28, 2011

    when I was lock up thay used to smoke the bible I guess thay hate the true.

  7. Isabella Hudson
    Oct 12, 2011

    This is wrong. As an atheist, I respect another person's beliefs. Even if I disagree with religious people, I'm not going to go burn their books.