The document announces the publication of a new book called "Bible Bullies" which explores how some people misuse the Bible to force their beliefs on others. The book identifies 14 personality traits of these "Bible bullies" and how they target various groups. It discusses how Bible bullies not only abuse victims locally but also try to influence politics to establish an exclusively Christian nation. The book aims to explain several political issues from a perspective most Christians have not considered and rebuts arguments used by Bible bullies.

1. Gadfly Publishing Announces Bible Bullies: How Fundamentalists Got the
Good Book So Wrong
Bible Bullies is a controversial new book that explores the nature of a special kind of bully:
the kind who use the Bible to force or coerce others into conforming to their beliefs.
Lutz, FL, May 14, 2013 -- Bible Bullies is a controversial new book that explores the nature
of a special kind of bully: the kind who use the Bible to force or coerce others into
conforming to their beliefs. The book identifies fourteen personality traits of these bullies,
their tactics, and how they misuse the Bible to abuse children and attack identified “out-
groups,” including women, the LGBT community, and social programs for the
disadvantaged. Six of these personality traits were previously identified in a study,
commissioned after World War II by the American Jewish Committee, to try to understand
the mind-set of Europeans who supported Hitler’s atrocities.
Chapters discuss misogyny, sexual diversity, child abuse, intelligent design, public prayer,
separation of church and state, social programs, and family planning, in the process
revealing specific targets of Bible bullies and their misguided use of Scripture in their assault
on their victims.
After identifying the salient traits of Bible bullies and how they attack their victims, the
book discusses the bullies’ MO—how they operate. Not content with abusing just the
victims in their own hometown, the Bible bullies seek to expand their personal power

2. through political means, by arguing against separation of church and state and pushing for
an exclusively Christian nation. The end goal, it seems, is to undermine the constitutional
civil liberties guaranteed to us all.
The final chapters reveal the crucial rift in the New Testament that laid the groundwork for
those seeking to distort the message of peace and love brought by Jesus.
Bible Bullies, through biblical analysis and documented research, explains many of the
political issues of our times in ways that most Christians have not considered:
1. Why the Paul Ryan budget conflicts with the message of Jesus
2. Why pro-life advocates are violating freedom of religion and how they can save more
unborn lives by abandoning attacks on Roe v. Wade and focusing on alternate strategies
3. Why gays, lesbians and transsexuals are born the way that God created them
4. Why using the biblical rod causes juvenile delinquency, depression, behavior disorders
and hatred of authority
5. Why Congress continues to be misogynistic and why Jesus was not
6. Why civil laws differ drastically from the biblical laws of Leviticus and how Jesus
pioneered the change
7. Why King James I sponsored the translation of the Bible for his own political gain, and
what he and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Scalia have in common
8. Why conflating politics with religion can be dangerous, as it was when Hitler declared
Germany a Christian nation prior to WWII
9. Why the fundamentalist attack on educational institutions has contributed to the low
standing of students in science in the United States in comparison with the standing of
students of other nations, and what can be done about it without attacking religious beliefs
Bible Bullies will be published in both E-book and trade book formats (epub and mobi)
through all online retailers as well as in all bookstores by July 4, 2013. A video book trailer
and preview of portions of the book may also be viewed at http://www.biblebullies.com , a
newsletter-style Web site maintained by the authors.
Reviewers and News Outlets:

3. Reviewers and news outlets may contact the publisher at 1-866-611-8529 or fax request to
866-799-3496 for review copies in trade book format. The authors may also be reached
directly by the media for specifics of the book through the contact link on their Web site,
http://www.biblebullies.com .
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Contact:
Tom Simpson
Gadfly Publishing, LLC
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Ellijay, GA, USA 30540
866-611-8529
publisher@gadflypublishing.com
http://www.biblebullies.com
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