Set against the Fundamentalist Christian practice of ignoring or interpreting away entire passages of the Bible that do not agree with their doctrine but then claiming to believe the “whole Bible” there’s this about accepting those passages as part of the Bible and then telling them no.
The reason I am a Liberal Christian is precisely because I think the only Christianity worthy of the name is one that knows what is in the Bible, and is honest about the fact that we do not believe and practice everything it says, that we do not want to do so, and that there are good reasons why we should not do so.
via “Folks Haven’t Been Reading Their Bibles” – Barack Obama on Religion and Public Policy.