Still, Leviticus makes the whole package too appealing to the naturally hateful. If you had a Bible which would require a lot of disingenuity to use as a justification for hatred, it may be more appealing.
Mind you, the question is whether a meme-complex that doesn't allow putting infidels to the sword (literally or metaphorically) would be as competitive in the ideosphere.
The KKK doesn't even dare post their stuff in the newspaper now - and they've been long known to quote the bible in favour of their racism.
The Bible is wonderful. You can find whatever you're looking for in it.
Also, wouldn't it be fair to describe as being not so much the words of Jesus Christ as Jesus Christ fanfic written by a particularly unhinged fan?
I don't think so. Part of the power of Christ's words were their simplicity; everybody 'got it' and messages that simple are difficult to co-opt by the power elite. The message certainly survived the Gospels, and various translations, but was turned inside-out with the addition of Revelation. With the addition of that book, suddenly any white-suited TV evangelist or hooded racist could lay claim to Christ's message and make being Christian mean whatever they wanted it to mean.
If I were given the job of choosing what went into the Bible, I'd leave Leviticus and take out Revelation.
Why? Firstly because it is clearly the ravings of a madman. Secondly, it more than any other book directly undermines the message of Christ, which otherwise would sound a lot like Buddhism, heh heh.