Perhaps libraries should ban the Bible

Although I am not in favor of any book banning, I do have one recommendation. What we call the “Christian Bible.”  This collection of fairy tales is rife with prejudice against others, violence, incest, and bestiality. Entire sections revel in gore against imaginary enemies or complete innocents. Whether the taking of foreskins, the beating of slaves and women, mutilations, or the thrashing of supposedly innocent children, this collection makes most dark novels read like Watership Down.  In one story, children, as they are sometimes undisciplined, make fun of a bald man. The old coot then calls upon his unseen imaginary friend who promptly sends two she-bears to kill 42 of the poor kids. Even the New Testament contains bizarre retribution, such as Jesus causing a fig tree to wither simply because it didn’t bear fruit.
It orders the killing of people for wearing two different fabrics or touching the flesh of a dead pig. And in the cruelest ways, such as stoning. This macabre anthology should obviously be kept from children lest they start following through on its examples. Protect children, yes. Remove this multi-volume collection of horror porn now.
Paul Ojanen
Duluth