What does Miss Maudie mean: "But sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of oh, of your...

Miss Maudie's remark to the children in Chapter 5 of
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird refers to the
fundamentalists-the "foot-washers," who drive past her place castigating her for her
abundant flowers.  According to Miss Maudie, the foot-washers thought that she spent too
much time outdoors and not enough inside the house reading the
Bible.

When Scout remarks that Miss Maudie is the "best
lady" she knows, and wonders why Mr. Arthur does not come outside, too, if he were
"hankerin' after heaven," Miss Maudie interjects that Scout is too young to understand. 
But, some people take things to extremes, thus making something intended as good into
evil.  By taking the Bible literally people misuse scripture and sometimes make it fit
their own twisted intentions.  This perversion of the words of the Bible is worse than
whisky in Atticus's possession--it does more harm.  For, they take the word of God and
make it serve their purposes; for example, the "foot-washers" think that women are a sin
by definition, Miss Maudie says.  Taking the Bible literally, these people see all women
as Eves and other people as threats, possibly.  Arthur Radley is kept inside the house
because Nathan Radley, Arthur's guardian and brother, does not allow him to go
outdoors.