The bad passages in the Bible are not inspired. No God ever upheld
human slavery, polygamy or a war of extermination. No God ever ordered
a soldier to sheathe his sword in the breast of a mother. No God ever
ordered a warrior to butcher a smiling, prattling babe. No God ever
upheld tyranny. No God ever said, be subject to the powers that be. No
God ever endeavored to make man a slave and woman a beast of burden.
There are thousands of good passages in the Bible. Many of them are
true.
There are in it wise laws, good customs, some lofty and splendid things.
And I do not care whether they are inspired or not, so they are true.
But what I do insist upon is that the bad is not inspired.