# Quote — James Morrow, Bible Stories for Adults

> My friends in the nouveau paganism camp accuse me of quaintness: Bible thumpers are straw men, so why bother?...My answer is that straw men, once set aflame with zeal, can be quite dangerous, and that the gap between New Age irrationalism and Christian fundamentalism is not nearly so wide as we might wish to believe.

- Author: [James Morrow](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow.md)
- Book: [Bible Stories for Adults](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/bible-stories-for-adults.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_K._Morrow#Bible_Stories_for_Adults_(1996)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/bible-stories-for-adults/my-friends-in-the

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> My own preliminary diagnosis is that I am out of my skull and getting farther from its vicinity every day.

p. 191 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/bible-stories-for-adults/my-own-preliminary.md)

> “In fact, there’s probably only one thing worse than not being able to understand a person.”
>
> “What’s that?” asked Nimrod.
>
> “Being able to understand him completely.”

p. 76 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/bible-stories-for-adults/in-fact-theres.md)

> When I destroyed my unwanted children, it was murder. When Yahweh did the same, it was eugenics. Do you approve of the universe, Ham?

p. 11 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/bible-stories-for-adults/when-i-destroyed.md)