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Unbelievable? 21 May 2011 - Is the Bible...

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Former Methodist minister turned atheist Leslie Scrace stopped reading the Bible after he lost his faith.  20 years later he read it again and wrote a book-by-book account of how he views it as an atheist called "An Unbelievers Guide to the Bible".   Leslie criticises parts of the Old Testament that he sees as primitive and immoral while praising other parts ... Show More
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