It's clear that people who read the Bible literally, as if it were meant to be something it's not, will condemn it as bad journalism. Or if they judge that all books should be adventure stories with clear good guys and bad guys, like adolescent fiction or Tolkien.
And bigots who judge all Christians by the actions of the very worst Christians will call them all evil.
But genuine polymaths will know enough philology, hermeneutics, and theology to understand why the Bible is far more than "bad fiction." Hatred can cause people to have blind spots in their knowledge, but genuine polymaths like Newton and Lemaître had fewer blind spots than people with narrower perspectives.
And bigots who judge all Christians by the actions of the very worst Christians will call them all evil.
But genuine polymaths will know enough philology, hermeneutics, and theology to understand why the Bible is far more than "bad fiction." Hatred can cause people to have blind spots in their knowledge, but genuine polymaths like Newton and Lemaître had fewer blind spots than people with narrower perspectives.
