We are able to do this so easily because some time ago, the great narrative of the Bible was eclipsed;— it was covered up by our doctrines and interpretations and arguments about the same. When I say we've lost the real Bible, what I mean is that we've lost a holistic Bible, a literary Bible, and a storiented Bible, all of it embedded in the tangible lives of ancient peoples, nations and struggles. We've replaced this gift with a caricature of the Bible, reducing it to a mechanical theology and an owner’s manual for life.
The Bible aspires to remake our reality in the direction of flourishing life. But we are using it mostly to hurt each other.