Oww, all the z's where s's should be really hurt my eyes.
The Bible also says that a woman is property. Because of the Old Testament, women were not allowed to vote, and were not considered a real, and equal person.
To follow the Bible word for word is just as bad as the Al Queda taking the Qur'an to an extreme.
In the Church I used to belong to, most of the Bible is considered something to learn by with morals. You can not possibly take it word for word, because it has been translated, and rewritten hundreds of times.