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\"The<\/p>\n

Be careful not to quote too much Scripture to an atheist… because he or she may start quoting Scripture right back! There are a lot of verses in the Bible that seem downright, well, anti-biblical. Or at least anti-christ. <\/p>\n

You know… verses about killing babies, marrying girls you raped, and slaughtering all your enemies (including their cows and sheep). <\/p>\n

Would Jesus command such things? I don’t think so…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Be careful not to quote too much Scripture to an atheist… because he may start quoting Scripture right back! There are a lot of verses in the Bible that seem downright, well, anti-biblical. 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