Commentary: Slavery? Women’s equality? LGBTQ rights? The Good Book can be pretty bad on these topics.

Given the dangers of biblical literalism, Christians should stop taking every word of Holy Writ literally.

Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune An Utah Capitol attendee reads from the Bible during a 2013 event. Religion News Service columnist Jonathan Merritt warns about the dangers in taking all biblical verses literally.

Commentary: Slavery? Women’s equality? LGBTQ rights? The Good Book can be pretty bad on these topics.

Given the dangers of biblical literalism, Christians should stop taking every word of Holy Writ literally.

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