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Like many of you probably have, just finished reading Sins of Scripture. Began reading the Bible in earnest, but the farther I got into it, the less I liked it. Finally put it away in disgust when the writer said that David was a man after God's own heart. Found it repugnant that God would want to be compared to a promiscuous, murdering social climber. After reading Sins of Scripture, it put all of the hurtful misogynous tone of the entire text into its proper context, and I no longer feel opressed by 'God's Word.' I am an novelist, whose husband does not support my career. To read that I must obey every command of his, or be in sin, then hear Jesus's story of how God is intensely displeased if you bury your talent, leaving it unused, made me feel that God set up a trap to snare me. There was, according to these two completely incompatible commands, no salvation for me. At that point, I felt that the Bible was not written for me. Still don't, even after reading Bishop Spong's book. Still, women being intensely spiritual creatures, I seek to know God, to know the Truth, and will continue to search. The journey has just begun. . .