The Bible is to Catholics what Mary is to Protestants--an object of hostility because it/she is so closely associated with "the other side."
Last time I checked, both Leviticus and Deuteronomy prohibit bearing false witness against your neighbour.
I won't attempt to speak for protestants; their motivations are a mystery to me. Your statement about Catholics contains two falsehoods. I can't assess your motivations for entering those falsehoods into this forum. I note, however, that the prohibition on bearing false witness is absolute.
Courtesy pings to Q and W.
You're asking for trouble reading those books. You might be tempted to take something literally without asking for the permission of some atheist "scholar" somewhere.
I won't attempt to speak for protestants; their motivations are a mystery to me.
Perhaps they simply can't bear the intellectual dishonesty of believing in medieval miracles while simultaneously denying Biblical ones simply because of a grudge with Martin Luther.
I can't assess your motivations for entering those falsehoods into this forum. I note, however, that the prohibition on bearing false witness is absolute.
What falsehoods? If you believed in the historicity of Genesis 1-11 you'd have answered my simple question. Your refusal to do so was a tacit admission. And you already told me once that you reject literal six day 6000-year creationism.
In order to bear false witness one must first say something that isn't true.