Faith And Reason

May, 2005

Spong is the retired Episcopal bishop of Newark, New Jersey. His latest book is The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love.[Q] Playboy: Why do people still proclaim a biblical view of creation?[A] Spong: How long did it take the Flat Earth Society to go out of business? The Christian myth is God created the perfect world. Darwin says there never was a perfect creation. Fundamentalists fear that if they lose this battle they'll face a void of meaninglessne...