I found it interesting that a Gnostic has risen to become a bishop in The Episcopalian church. In choosing to claim that the Bible is not inerrant, the Bishop accuses the Bible of saying things that it does not say. The Bible never condones incest, slavery or polygamy. The Bible includes these stories so that we might see the consequences of foolish choices without having to make the choices ourselves. In claiming to rescue the Bible from fundamentalism Bishop Spong is doing a grave disservice to God, Christians and non Christians. I strongly recommend that anyone reading this book read 1at John as well, as 1st John refutes Bishop Spong's various theses.