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It sounds like they are picking and choosing what to believe and follow, based on their own preferences. If that is the case, they'll believe whatever they think benefits them, even if it is at the expense of others.
We have seen this play out with christians against gay people. Now we are seeing it play out against trans people, even though the bible says nothing about trans people. The bible does say to love thy neighbor as thyself though, to judge not lest ye be judged, and to leave judgment to god.
Picking and choosing only the parts people like makes them hypocrites. Picking and choosing only the parts people think are "good" makes the bible essentially worthless to follow and base one's life on.
They are indeed picking and choosing. However, I'm just contesting the poster above claiming that believers would deny the book being outdated. It's more like a "you have to interpret the core message of love thy neighbor... And sometimes hate the neighbours we specifically don't like" kind of thing these days.