To Kill a Mockingbird

What is the significance of this quote?

"but sometimes the bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of--oh you father." "Atticus finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets"

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Miss. Maudie means that some men, and women, use the Bible to abuse others. They get intoxicated by the literal meanings inside and use this narrow interpretation to judge others.

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