re: #55 Fozzie Bear

Seriously, it’s a collection of morally bankrupt fables, and everyone seems all surprised when those who read it the most carefully do crazy shit. It shouldn’t be surprising.

I have issue with what this might possibly mean. I know several people who’ve gone through seminary (good seminary), and I think a truly in-depth education about not only the bible, but of how it was written and the history of how it came to be (3 centuries after the death of Christ) can really deter a literal mindset of the bible as the direct word of God.
If by ‘carefully’, you mean quote mining to support their own preconceptions, then I’d agree. Those who read the bible (or any religious text, of any religion) with the least critical thought are ones who are the most dangerous.