Is the Bible an Immoral Book?

I have heard the cynically misanthropic opinion that, without the Bible as a moral compass, people would show no restraint against murder, theft and mayhem. The surest way to disabuse yourself of this pernicious falsehood is to read the Bible itself.

Creation Ministries International, being under some rhetorical assault from atheist vloggers on YouTube, has responded by commissioning an article from theological whiz-kid Lita Cosner, entitled Is the Bible an Immoral Book?.