Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
I think the answer lies in the area of cherry picking. Agents of social control pick the bits (of any of the books) that support their unusual ideas and ignore the other large percentage.
I'm not a big fan of the books but as a religion-lite, low church, C of E, ex choir boy, and campanologist, am quite happy that people enjoy coming together and find comfort in their worship.
One's partner, as a heavy German order, convent educated, guilt ridden, escaped catholic, victim, can only be described as bitter.
yes, but it's part of Biblical canon for a specific reason. There is a lot of scripture that was excluded from Biblical canon and denounced as heresy. The reason Sodom and Gomorrah is biblical canon is that those who compiled the OT, wanted virtue to be seen as putting God before all and for daughters and wife to be regarded as totally subservient to the patriarch. God > Patriarch (the channel for God's will) > wife > daughters. It also wanted homosexuality to be seen as a sin against god and to be a sin worthy of God's wrath. Additionally, the wife was turned into a pillar of salt because she didn't do as she was told by Lot, who was a confident of God. Therefore the wilful, disobedient female is punished for her wayward behaviour of not doing as she's told by her husband.