[Doncha just love it when cults pretend they're *FOR* religion? This U.L. move reminds me of the anti-Catholic Scientology sympathizers who accused Catholics of munching the flesh of a 2,000 year old dead man.] Banning the Bible Families Ministry sued Berlin, Germany August 24, 2000 http://www.mainpost.de In a dispute to classify the Bible as literature which poses a risk to young people, two attorneys from Marktheidenfeld have now made their appeal in the halls of justice. Dr. Christian Sailer revealed that they intend to force the involvement of federal review board for young people's literature by filing suit yesterday in the Berlin Administrative Court. In early August the Federal Families Ministry had rejected classification of the Bible as literature which poses a risk to young people as a "misplaced request." Among other things, the Bible serves in research and teachings, and is therefore protected from being rated by the government, a Ministry spokesman stated. In the 70-page lawsuit, the lawyer, who is well-known as the attorney for the Universal Life (UL) congregation, is representing two families in the Lower Franconia area in the matter about the narratives which include a "gruesome massacre," "hate and violence against strangers," and the stoning of homosexuals, adulterers and disobedient children. There is a reason that churches are always coming out with new "children's Bibles" in which the bloodthirsty parts of the Bible are understated, Sailer thinks.

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