I knew you were an atheist and an evolutionist with no sentimental attachment to Bible stories. This doesn't surprise me a bit. Neither does the "a plague on both their houses" attitude.
At least you, unlike some, aren't a total ------- about it.
The reason for “a pox on both their houses” is that both houses routinely use mis/disinformation (in the form of selective, often out of context, quotation) and exactly the same logical fallacies (i.e. “[Some bad person] believed X, therefore Y must be true”) to advance their causes.