Should The Bible Be Taken Literally?

Okay, I’m sitting in class checking my email and I go on Yahoo of course, and we all know my deconstructionist approach to the biblical text, so of course this following story leapt out at me. Don’t expect to hear these Bible stories at church. Cannibalism, rape, a bear that mauls children â€" this is the Bible? They’re among six stories from the Old Testament acted out in “Terror Texts,” a musical at Northwestern College in Orange City. Adding to the shocking nature of the stories are the theatri