"We have been betrayed by the Bible. In the half-century just ending, there is belated recognition that biblically based Christianity has espoused causes that no thinking person or caring person is any longer willing to endorse. We have had enough of the persecution of the Jews and witches; of the justification of black slavery; of the suppression of women, sex and sexuality; and of the stubborn defense of a male dominated, self-serving clergy… We cannot, we must not shrink from engagement with the ignorance and misunderstanding that fuels such egregious misuse of scripture."
— Robert W. Funk, director of the Jesus Seminar
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