Ananova:

Two German lawyers have asked the country's family minister to put the Bible on its "not for children" list because it contains too much violence.

Christian Sailer and Gert-Joachim Hetzel wrote to minister Christine Bergmann saying the Holy Book contains passages of "a gruesomeness difficult to exceed" which are glorified as the will of God.

They said they were speaking on behalf of "some parents of minors".

A spokesman for the Catholic Church in Munich said the demand was "absurd" and added that every history book and practically every newspaper edition should join the Bible on the list as dangerous for children.

Sailer and Hertzel said: "It preaches genocide, racism, enmity towards Jews, gruesome executions for adulterers and homosexuals, the murder of one's own children and many other perversities."

They said the book should be kept on the "not for children" list if the passages remained.

The Church spokesman, Adelheid Utters-Adam said the lawyers hadn't understood the Bible, reports the Independent online.