If you are going to attack Christianity why not then attack islam as well. Why not wicca? And if you are going to use scripture to further your cause, which happens to be futile (you guys couldn't keep Jesus dead for the last 2000 years you won't be able to do it now) why not post the whole chapter. so that people will be able to see the verse in context. oh no you wouldn't want to do that would you? then people might see the truth.
Thanks for your note. You asked several very good questions and I'll try to answer them as best I can.
Your email started out with the question:
"If you are going to attack Christianity why not then attack islam as well. Why not wicca?"
Good question. However, I do not consider my website to be an attack on anything. Now, it is unquestionably a vehicle for harsh criticisms of Christianity, but really, what's wrong with that? Why should your religion be exempt from criticism any more than government or media or restaurants or anything else? If I offered a critique of your favorite band or favorite sports team, you may disagree with my opinion, but I doubt you'd be "offended" by it and accuse me of "attacking" them. Why do you think that same sensibility doesn't apply to your religion? I'm not asking that flippantly, I'd really like to know.
To answer your question, I agree with you that fundamentalist Islam or Wicca or any other unwavering belief in the supernatural is just as appropriate a target as Christianity for criticism. However, 44%, almost half, of the people in my country (the USA) believe that Jesus is coming back in the next 50 years.
Think about that.
44% of the American population is roughly 131 million people. (The most votes ever received by a presidential candidate in the US were 62,040,610).
Those who believe that all our problems will magically disappear in the next few years now have a much bigger voting base than those of us who reject such nonsense.
Another scary stat is that 32% of the American population (roughly 96 million people) believes that the Bible should be the most important influence on U.S. laws ( http://pewforum.org/docs/index.php?DocID=153 ). With that in mind, I think it's important that people know what the book actually says. I believe that if more Christians read their Bibles, there'd be a lot less Christians.
You see, many of the dangers of religious faith are the same regardless of the specific myths to which one subscribes, but Christianity poses a much bigger 'clear and present' danger to me and my family and our freedoms. And that is why I focus my criticism there.
I hope that answered your first question.
Your next question was:
"if you are going to use scripture to further your cause, which happens to be futile (you guys couldn't keep Jesus dead for the last 2000 years you won't be able to do it now) why not post the whole chapter. so that people will be able to see the verse in context.oh no you wouldn't want to do that would you? then people might see the truth."
For each poster in our "Know Your Bible" series, we provide a link to the full chapter on BibleGateway.com as well as cross-references when available.
As for the verses not being "in context", I have asked many Christians who have voiced the same complaint: Under what context is stoning children to death acceptable to you? Or stoning to death those who work on the Sabbath or burning alive a woman "who plays the whore"? In what context is God's endorsement of slave ownership not despicable? Again, I'm not being flippant, I'm really looking for the answers to these questions.
I have not had anyone provide me with any answer other than "well, that's the OLD testament. That really doesn't apply anymore..." However, it appears to me that the Bible disagrees with that position:
"The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever". -Isaiah 40:8
Look, Christians routinely "cherry-pick" specific verses of the bible to justify practices and policies, win arguments, or at worst fall back on an ultimate authority justifying their personal belief structure.
We simply looked at this through a different lens. If the book is infallible, and the literal word of god, then the sections we highlight should be just as valid, poignant, and require the same call to action in everyday life.
If you can site the old testament to justify your intolerance for homosexuals, then logically your views on issues like slavery, animal sacrifice and and woman's rights should fall in line with OT values as well..
The book either is, or is not, the truth. Religion is not supposed to be served buffet-style.
Hopefully I did an adequate job of answering your questions and I sincerely thank you for taking the time to write.
Best wishes,
Chaz
Know Your Bible 
