Here is a provocative look at how the Bible has been tamed and domesticated through the church's treatment of it as a sacred text.

Ever since the biblical canon was fixed, it has been used to underwrite diverse and often contradictory opinions. Even today, in spite of the advances of biblical criticism, there are many who appear content to ignore the wide disparities between the realities of the world in which we live and the contents of the book they claim as the fundamental authority for their beliefs and actions.