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"The Bible is not a thesaurus for moral living," he added. "It is one of a means by which faithful Christians try to carve out in a rough-and-ready world a way to make their lives better and more responsible."
Anderson contended that his group does not object to Gomes because he is gay but because he violates teachings of the Bible, which Anderson says forbids homosexuality.
Morison Professor of New Testament StudiesHelmut H. Koester acknowledged that the Bible isagainst homosexuality but said "that only comes ifyou are a Biblical literalist."
Assistant Professor of the Old TestamentTheodore Hiebert said parts of the Bible may notbe appropriate to a contemporary code of socialethics.
Hiebert pointed out that many parts of theBible are outdated. For example, polygamy isaccepted in the Bible but illegal today, he said.