The dogma of the infallibility of the Bible is no more self-evident than is that of the infallibility of the popes

The Bible account of the creation of Eve is a preposterous fable

When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data

The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed

The Bible is not primarily a written or printed text to be scrutinized in private, in a scholar's study or a contemplative cell. It is a body of oral messages, announcements, prophecies, promulgations, recitals, histories, songs of praise, lamentations, etc., which are meant either to be uttered or at least read aloud, or chanted, or sung, or recited in a community convoked for the purpose of a living celebration.

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice