To Kill a Mockingbird

After telling Scout about the foot-washers, Miss Maudie says “sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of--oh, of your father”.SEXY paragraph: What is Miss Maudie saying here?

After telling Scout about the foot-washers, Miss Maudie says “sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of--oh, of your father”.

SEXY paragraph: What is Miss Maudie saying here?

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Atticus doesn't drink, thus, she alludes to the many people who preach religion without reading or understanding the Bible.