Originally Posted by Conan

You'll find if you read the book in it's entirety and do a little research on the stuff you don't understand (ie looking at what the meaning in the original language) you'll find it internally consistent. The problem is it's been mis-quoted and mis-applied so many times that people just pull random quotes from random passages which are completely out of context.

I'd go into it more, and the entire arc and theme of the bible but I didn't nessicarily want to discuss that. I don't think the bible is to blame for these people. Obviously they have problems and they are using religion as a scapegoat to justify these attitudes and problems.