The bible also 'teaches' that the god character is a jealous god, that we shall not have any gods before it. When you have one half of the book contradicting the other half, it's no wonder you get people shedding blood over what the damn thing is supposed to mean.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'