This book is for people who don't want to read the Bible and who are offended by large religious organizations. When we consider all the agendas the Bible is used to support, we might conclude that the whole thing would be better off burned and forgotten. HOWEVER, the fact remains that its influence continues to creep across our planet today, and every thinking human would do better to know what it's all about. The Bible For People Who Hate The Bible will fill a gap (unnoticed) between scholarly Bible literature and popular interpretations. In scholarly works, writers try to figure out who might have written the Bible's various texts and what their motives were, and they try to date the compositions. If the scholars are Jewish or Christian, their conclusions are tainted by their need to cling to their beliefs - so that even when they uncover strange things in the writings, they try to explain them away as the mysterious doings of their god. Scholars with no religious needs to protect can launch stinging attacks on The Book.

Genesis - [covers (so it says) a period of about 2100 years: from c3760 - 1650 BCE; all references are from the book of Genesis]

A character with the generic name of God (more on his proper name later) creates the Universe, The Earth, and everything on it, in six days, around 3760 BCE. He also creates two human beings out of dirt, and puts them in a special garden. We call them Adam and Eve (1:1 - 2:24). This god gives them some odd rules to live by, and when they break one of them, the god throws them out (3:1-24). Godless in the wilderness, the two procreate. We follow their bloodline through their third son Seth, past nine generations to a man called Noah. Noah allegedly builds a large boat under instructions from this same god, saving himself and all living things (!) from a catastrophic flood (4:1 - 9:28). His three sons, according to tradition, are the progenitors of three major races: Shem - the Semites; Yaphet - the Aryans; and Ham - the Hamites (black/African peoples).

Moses presents us with more problems than we should expect. The story we've all heard tells of a good and humble man, charged by God to go into Egypt and save the horribly oppressed Israelite slaves. With the help of this terrifying god, the long-suffering Moses leads the slaves out of bondage, whips them into shape, and takes them through a few battles. This prepares them for their coup-de-grace: they will invade a beautiful land promised to them by this god, murder all of the peoples who live there, and steal their stuff. These are God's dictates. The meek and gentle Moses is only acting on orders. Throughout the legend we are told of dazzling wonders and miracles worked by this god through Moses.