Reply #5: The bible is a source of religious inspiration. Using it for anything

[bluerum]

else is a mistake. Those who have any interest in the bible and biblical research owe it to themselves to read "Misquoting Jesus" by the New Testament scholar Bert Ehrman.

The Bible has been copied, re-written, edited and changed many times over the centuries. Keep in mind that all copies of the Bible that existed before the printing press (about 1450) were created by hand by scribes who may or may not have had an agenda or been carrying out the agenda of others. Ehrman's book states that in many many cases existing biblical manuscripts are contradictory and differ from eachother quite substantially.

Basing a system of government on literature from sources that are uncertain and unverifiable is not a strategy that should be embraced.