Bible Bullies How Fundamentalists Got the Good Book So Wrong |
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| Author:
| Ellis, C. Arthur
Ellis, Leslie E. |
| Illustrator:
| Hankins, Michael |
| Editor:
| Carr, Michael J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9820940-9-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2013 |
| Publisher: | Gadfly Publishing, LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Bible Bullies is a controversial new book that explores the nature of a special kind of bully: the kind who use the Bible to force or coerce others into conforming to their beliefs. The book identifies fourteen personality traits of these bullies, their tactics, and how they misuse the Bible to abuse children and attack identified ¿out-groups,¿ including women, the LGBT community, and social programs for the disadvantaged. Six of these personality traits were previously identified in a...
More DescriptionBible Bullies is a controversial new book that explores the nature of a special kind of bully: the kind who use the Bible to force or coerce others into conforming to their beliefs. The book identifies fourteen personality traits of these bullies, their tactics, and how they misuse the Bible to abuse children and attack identified ¿out-groups,¿ including women, the LGBT community, and social programs for the disadvantaged. Six of these personality traits were previously identified in a study, commissioned after World War II by the American Jewish Committee, to try to understand the mind-set of Europeans who supported Hitler¿s atrocities.
Chapters discuss misogyny, sexual diversity, child abuse, intelligent design, social programs, and family planning, in the process revealing specific targets of Bible bullies and their misguided use of Scripture in their assault on their victims.