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Biblical Interpretation and Judicial Activism

I left this as a comment at another blog.  But it's amusing, so I'll repeat it here: People read the Bible literally when it allows them to confirm their bigotries and they ignore it when it prevents them from doing something fun. You all do know the Bible says it's a sin to loan money for interest, right? It's also a sin to be a glutton. Gluttons are viewed as drunks. Yet churches welcome obese bankers while either a) not allowing gays or b) saying, "We love the sinner [that's you, gays], but hate the sin [that's you, again, gays]." What's up with that? I could go on, listing all of the things the Bible says are sins but that people just ignore.  But I've proven my case. No need to prove it a dozen times more. When churches start telling obese bankers to stop loaning money for interest and to stop eating so much cheesecake, we can have a serious debate about biblical interpretation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on May 27, 2008 (boomark / email).