A reader alerted me to the Web site of St. Joan of Arc Church in the St. Paul-Minneapolis archdio... Liberal parish debates Bib

The site is loaded with left-wing material, but this item caught my eye: The parish's weekly Bible study group held a discussion on a book titled Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, by Bart D. Ehrman.

...Since God did not see fit to preserve the original manuscripts, as an all-powerful God presumably can do, that is a pretty good sign that the Bible is not inerrant, much less a foolproof guide to the questions of the present age, such as abortion, women's rights, gay rights, religious supremacy, Western-style democracy, etc. We can't set up the Bible as a false idol....

Why, if our beliefs are more profound and more rational, do we need to denigrate the gullibility and obstinacy of Bible literalists? Why does their faith appear to be more intense than ours (or does it)?

The American Civil Liberties Union launched a Web site, TakeIssueTakeCharge.org, as part of a national grassroots campaign to protect reproductive freedom.

In the coming months, Take Issue, Take Charge will sponsor activities aimed at stopping government funding of ineffective and harmful abstinence-only-until-marriage programs and at promoting responsible sexuality education, the ACLU said.

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