Should the Bible Be Banned

"Should The Bible Be Banned" was the sixth single by McCarthy. Like many of the band's singles it did not appear on any of the band's studio albums.

"Should The Bible Be Banned"
Single by McCarthy
B-side	St. Francis Amongst The Mortals We Are All Bourgeois Now
Released	April 1988
Genre	Indie pop
Label	September Records
Songwriter(s)	Malcolm Eden, Tim Gane
McCarthy singles chronology
"This Nelson Rockefeller" (1988) "Should The Bible Be Banned" (1988) "Keep An Open Mind Or Else" (1989)

The b-sides were "St. Francis Amongst The Mortals" and "We Are All Bourgeois Now". The latter was covered by Manic Street Preachers on their album Know Your Enemy.

The title track recounts how someone is inspired to kill his brother by reading the story of Cain and Abel in the Bible. The song's aim is to reduce to absurdity calls to ban books and films following well-publicised acts of violence.