The Bible is filed under non-fiction. Is that fair?

I am in the library now and, as I passed by the non-fiction section, I noticed the Bible was filed under non-fiction. Is that fair? Is it fair that the Bible is labeled under non-fiction, the same genre as The God Delusion? Which is really non-fiction then: the Christian scripture, or the book stating that a god most certainly does not exist? As an atheist myself, I choose the latter. I feel the Bible, as well as any other religious work or worship book, should be labeled under mythology. Why? Well, it is much more gentle for those who are religious (religious fiction is a genre that might not settle well) and in the end, all religion is truly just mythology, and atheism is truly based on knowledge. On a personal note, I feel that if religious people call my, or any other, atheist ideas false, then we, as atheists, have every right to call religion fiction.

- Alex Smith

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