I think that Christie's Pet Peeve is how some things in the bible we take literally and some things we do not. I believe she is asking why is that true. She does not believe there should be a bible based theocratic government in the United States. She doesnt think the bible should be taken literally because of the many commandments do not apply to our government laws. The target audience i think would be law makers who say there cant be gay marriage because in the bible it says you can'. He makes vaild points that in the bible it says that one can have slaves but we all know that thats not true in these days. I think this essay is effective simply because he states his points very clearly. To state his credibility he gives numerous of bible versus and show how they do not apply anymore. "Leviticus 19:27 prohibits men from getting their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples". Thats is completly off the wall, men can't get that hair trimmed, if we still lived by ALL and EVERY bible law things would be scary.