Wouldn't make no never mind to me if they were not claiming that their doorstop of a book was inerrant and their god perfect. As to why, he has done too damned much that is so off the mark for civilized behavior to be tolerated. If he does exist then he is not even close to being deserving of worship.
“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin