Why the "There are so many interpretations of the Bible" claim is confused

[Thumpalumpacus]

If I accept the stories that describe the genocide, slavery, and misogyny of that book, then I would be a monster for accepting it as it is written (most Christians have the decency to ignore parts that are so morally repugnant, like stoning our children for disobedience/disrespect to their parents, or murdering gays, or killing a woman who sleeps with a man who isn't her fiancee...

Quite frankly, when my son has disobeyed me, I've buried him up to the neck and then went out into the neighborhood soliciting the local folk to heave twenty- and thirty-pound stones onto his head until his breathing stops.

Seems fair to me. We've had to go to this length several times, and not once has he complained ... probably because he knows what that will get him.