ronburgundy
Contributor
The problem is that, taking the Bible literary is the only morally defensible basis for believing in and worshiping God. Believing those events are factual is stupid, but not immoral. And if you believe they are factual, then they provide a basis to honor and follow its genocidal hateful God, out of rational fear that he controls everything and you'll suffer for eternity, if you don't.
However, as an allegory, the character of God is still the most villainous evil character in the history of literature.
So, even if you think the stories are fiction, then any moral person would despise the God character and all other Characters, like Jesus, who declare everyone must accept and obey him. Only the most immoral scum would view this fictional character or that of Jesus as representing anything that should viewed as good, just, or that the Bible is something to take positive lessons from other than "Do the exact opposite of almost everything the Bible says".
However, as an allegory, the character of God is still the most villainous evil character in the history of literature.
So, even if you think the stories are fiction, then any moral person would despise the God character and all other Characters, like Jesus, who declare everyone must accept and obey him. Only the most immoral scum would view this fictional character or that of Jesus as representing anything that should viewed as good, just, or that the Bible is something to take positive lessons from other than "Do the exact opposite of almost everything the Bible says".