@Glenn Doughty:  As an atheist, I don't subscribe to any scriptures. I have many friends that do, however, and I don't hold it against them. Faith, by it's nature, isn't supported by facts. Believing in a supernatural power is, by itself, benign. Believing in a supernatural power that instructs you to inflict damage on others is dangerous. 

People of faith are just like people everywhere - the majority are kind, considerate, and reasonable. Some have to be right about everything, even impossibly arcane details (like the age of the earth). Their faith is fragile - the smallest chink in their insular logic destroys their illusion of total understanding. Bones? Fossils? Impossible!

Many others don't ascribe to this extreme view. It doesn't make them hypocrites. We all tend to look at life and/or learning from a certain perspective, in the process emphasizing the aspects we think are more important. Having favorite scriptures while ignoring others is no different.