On Wednesday morning, approximately 55 retired businessmen descended upon campus to distribute copies of the New Testament. They are members of The Gideons International, an aggressive and predatory Christian male missionary society that recently caught heat for openly targeting fifth-grade students in Kentucky. The group is distastefully named after the unwholesome character Gideon, whose story is found in Judges, chapters 6-8. His bloodthirsty slaughters are just one of many horror stories in the bible, a book that glories behavior you abhor.

If you are 1 of the 5,500 students who received “God’s precious word” and you haven’t ditched it yet, I encourage you to read it — with the same critical approach you read any other literature. Just remember that literal belief in the book may endanger your health and life. The unedited version of the bible calls for infidels, unbelievers, homosexuals, stubborn children and non-virgin brides to be put to death, among many other dangerous and insulting teachings.