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

[Ben Davis]

On top of the issue of 'errancy' in the bible, your position ignores the fact that many of those groups, based on different interpretations, have a history of violence towards others, using the interpretations as a pretext for that violence. These are not petty or trivial matters of distinction; people have died over them. These are not 'unified' groups, these are independently functioning cells of differing belief, not to be glossed over in an apologetic.

Actually I agree with you, although that may have been a Freudian slip on your part.

Not Freudian, I don't believe that the deities exist: all theocratic or theological actions are a pretext.