The bottom line is that if Americans really knew the Bible, and, God forbid, put its teachings into practice, both conservatives and liberals might be unsettled.
Which is reason enough to start a federal Bible education program.
Call it “No Believer Left Behind.”
David Gibson has written a very insightful article regarding the contemporary American fashion of quoting Bible verses to back up one’s argument, while avoiding passages and contexts that go against or modify that argument. It’s well worth your time, for the Bible is too often turned into a weapon rather than a plowshare. Politics Daily