Can the bible be taken literaly ?

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Sure. Or it can be taken as fiction. It's your choice! That's what being a grown up is all about. Wheee, fun.

I think what you're really asking is wether a few outdated biblical laws should still be taken seriously. Why not ask yourself (or e-mail the site you got your examples from and ask them) who still takes these seriously anyway? ..or wether a couple outdated laws mean that *none* of them can be taken seriously. A great deal of our moral codes and judicial laws are based on those laws. Society has changed and modernized since then.How does this effect the integrity of the bible in it's entirety?

... but yes, I would and have sold my daughter into slavery.
(She thought it had more integrity then working a fast food job. Dumb shit kids.)