I'd like to respond to Little Fox. Yes, many churches/synagogues/mosques tend to skip over the hateful parts of the bible, or in the case of the muslims, the Qu'ran(if I spelled it wrong I apologize). However, this may not be for the reasons you think. When I go to services at my synagogue, my Rabbi delivers sermons that both praise and criticize the Torah(Old Testament portion of the bible.) but I'm guessing many religious leaders aren't willing to criticize the "words of god". Instead, they'd rather focus on the positive portions of the Bible. The parts that encourage you to be a good person and live a good life. I'd even go as far as saying that the negative parts were included on purpose to show how NOT to live. Of course, we're only human and such lessons tend to not sink in, so those sections tend to be skipped. Another bit of food for thought is this: Not many people are willing to read a book all about sunshine and rainbows. Which could be another reason for including the parts about hatred in the Bible. As humans, we tend to have a taste for negativity, so throwing that in there makes it more likely to be read and understood. Now what parts we take to heart however is up to us. Freewill is it not?