Why The Bible should be the next book you read in book club

I'm not currently in a book club. But I do read a lot. Every time I finish a book, I feel invigorated. You know how it is - you get a sense of accomplishment. You are excited from the experience. You want to know what happens next. You want to interact with the characters. You want MORE!  A good book might change your life - and that is the amazing power of the written word.

But the thing about books - they are written in a moment of time. The world changes. Life changes. Do you accept everything you read today as the truth?  At one point, the world was flat, evolution was ridiculous, and women were inferior. Do you still accept that?

So here's what I don't get: why do people hold so steadfast to a religious belief on marriage when, at best, it's one interpretation of a book written thousands of year ago?

Every single day, we wake up with the option to love our fellow man and allow them to live with the same freedoms we do. 

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

Apparently The Bible says the same thing. If you interpret it differently, that's your choice.   No one is saying your interpretation is wrong. We all choose what we want to believe. But if you staunchly believe in the teachings of the Bible, why not agree with everything it says?  

It's a great book.  But it's still a book written in a moment of time and interpreted 100s of different ways.  In the 1600s, one interpretation put people to death because of alleged "witchcraft". Wouldn't you challenge that meaning if it happened today?  After all, there are interpreters of the Bible who feel that gay people should be put to death for their "sin".

So I ask you : How far are you willing to take this interpretation without thinking for yourself?  Are you willing to let history classify you in the same charge as those who believed in witches?  I challenge you to find the passages on charity, love, marriage, sin, and equality and openly talk about them in your next book club meeting and what it all means. 

This will be a moment of time in our history. If you accept that people of different sexual preferences are among us and should be allowed to exist as our fellow man as equals - denying their equal rights will one day put you on the wrong side of history. And when that day comes, I promise you the Bible will not be interpreted as if homosexual love was "wrong", but rather that it was meant to be.