West, the Bible remains the most published book ever, with over one hundred million copies sold or given away each year, and with annual Bible sales, just in the United States, ranging between 425 million and 650 million dollars annually.1 We treasure the Bible for many reasons. One important reason is that it stands as the foundation of Western civilization. The West highly values human beings, due largely to the influence of Genesis 1 which describes us as made in
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