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Press Junketeer  Posts: 464 Joined: 6 Nov 2008     | |
On the Record  Posts: 6990 Joined: 22 Aug 2008     | This is deeply offensive to me. How dare they draw pictures of Jesus? BRB, bombing their printing presses. /snark I'm not really sure what I think about all this to be honest. I'm sorely tempted to own a manga bible just "because", but I'd have to read some to know if it was any good first. Also, I already own one Bible, a pretty nice one at that, do I really need a second? |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 741 Joined: 12 Apr 2008    | Actually a lot of novelists and scriptwrites read Revelations quite a bit, the imagery of it strikes me as fucking warped, and many try to incorporate it into what they're doing. My favourite take on it is clearly Kingdom Come, if you don't know what that is, then you have no right to call yourself a comicbook geek. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 209 Joined: 26 Mar 2008   | Holy Shit!! Is the next Lego game going to be Lego Jesus?! I need!! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2872 Joined: 25 Aug 2008   | I think for Christianity its good idea as it may slow or even stop there rapid decline in followers in England and bring new blood into the church. Also even if you take the bible as a collection of stories (as I do) then it might be a good collection of stories nicely presented and worth reading |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1766 Joined: 2 Jul 2008  |
Yep. Trouble is you only get one respawn. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 464 Joined: 6 Nov 2008 |
Story-wise, the bible is a fascinating read. If you look down near the bottom of the article they mention a Cockney version as well.
Good one. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 52 Joined: 5 Nov 2008   |
lol |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 888 Joined: 29 Mar 2008   |
not only lol but' and yes you have only one respawn... but you have 12 sidekicks |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1772 Joined: 18 Nov 2008     | I'm not sure this is a good idea, other than the belittling of a religion, something worse could happen: people could read the bible. And let me tell you now there's a surprising amount of sex and violence. Seriously. We're talking about tent pegs being hammered through people's heads, incest and the works... |
On the Record  Posts: 5973 Joined: 7 Feb 2008   | I love The Brick Testament, it illustrates some hilarious aspects of the bible AND the guy builds some really awesome lego stuff. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 619 Joined: 27 Nov 2008    | The brick testament is hilarious. Nothing is funnier than minifigs getting it on, then getting smote by god's wrath. Or maybe I just have a strange sense of humour. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 375 Joined: 15 Nov 2008    | While I can fully understand someone attempting to turn Jebus into the next Coka-Cola... good business. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 619 Joined: 27 Nov 2008 |
I see it now... no more Cheez-its, but Jeez-its "The saviour snack". *hangs head in shame at terrible pun* |
Press Junketeer Posts: 375 Joined: 15 Nov 2008 |
If it's any consolation, I laughed. I can't wait until Jesuscorp grows to such an extent that they release a game console. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 619 Joined: 27 Nov 2008 |
Well, there was that game "Left Behind: Eternal Forces", which I gather was religion-themed. Though JesusCorp will get sued when they try to release a game called Halo. |
On the Record  Posts: 5491 Joined: 13 Aug 2008  | Well, I think this defeats the purpose of displaying a Bible in your home. The point of displaying it is that you aren't ashamed to show it. I think if you're going to have a bible, it would be much odder to have the bible in manga form than to have a classic black leather bound copy with nothing on the outside but "Holy Bible". |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 114 Joined: 17 Jan 2008    |
Tent pegs? ...Seriously? |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 75 Joined: 20 Jun 2008    | Ha! Serves the Bible-bashers right for thinking their holy book's so damn great! Am I only person here who thinks this is some sort of carefully orchestrated satire on Christianity? I mean, Christians wouldn't notice it was. Not for nothing is the French for Christian pronounced "Cretin"... Anyway, it's a bit of fun for the chaps who rewrote it and did mangas for it and did the whole LEGO version. And it'll probably annoy the hell out of the fundamentalist types, so everyone's a winner! |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1772 Joined: 18 Nov 2008 |
yep, it's in judges somewhere...steal a bible and have a peek for yourself! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2477 Joined: 12 Jul 2008 | If someone can make the bible more readable, then let them. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3467 Joined: 6 Nov 2008  | That's horrible. I don't see in any way how this is acceptable! It's just plain, flat out disrespectful. |
On the Record  Posts: 7327 Joined: 23 Dec 2007  |
It is. But a Porn Bible? That couldn't be more blasphemous if it were a man selling sacrificial goats and doing money changing in the Vatican courtyard. |
Muckraker  Posts: 343 Joined: 15 Jul 2008   |
Porn Bible: just a more graphic representation of pretty much ALL of the old testament. |
On the Record  Posts: 6110 Joined: 25 Jan 2008   | Instead of trying to bring the bible to porn fans, why not bring porn to bible nuts? Seriously, it might loosen them up, either socially or physically. |
On the Record Posts: 7327 Joined: 23 Dec 2007 | Good luck. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1229 Joined: 18 Jun 2008  | The porn stars one could be considered offensive by a lot of people. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 114 Joined: 17 Jan 2008 |
Well, thats a new one on me. I'm sure christians will happily give me out a free bible if I ask them for help, so I'll save myself the eternal damnation or whatever by not stealing one. |
On the Record  Posts: 5777 Joined: 9 Jul 2008  |
I was going to say the same thing. On the whole violence thing, one of the most overlooked things violence-wise in the bible is that god ordered the genocide of an entire tribe, amalaek (not sure if that's how its spelled, but its definitely how its pronounced). And that's ignoring Sodom and Gomorrah. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 151 Joined: 29 May 2008  | This is an awesome idea, just from the marketing perspective, people will buy it because they think it's good, people will buy it because they think it's offensive. I think I will get the Manga and Lego ones. Though it could go bad, also. I don't exactly how, but it's a possibility. Atheist here. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1587 Joined: 5 May 2008  | I'm an atheist myself. But if I can find that Jesus Loves Pornstars one, I'd buy it and keep it on display as a novelty item. That's just brilliant. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3587 Joined: 6 Aug 2008  | The one for porn addicts must be interesting. I'll stop now. |
Red Guard  Posts: 4929 Joined: 14 Oct 2007  | Welcome to Capitalism. Next there'll be a webspeak bible. "b u afrayd of the sword, 4 raf bring da banhammer of da sword, dat u may know pwnage" Job 19:29 |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2113 Joined: 15 Jun 2008   |
http://www.christianhacker.org/html/NHV.html Edit: holy shit have I gone gonzo? I didn't think I was here that long... |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 454 Joined: 4 Jul 2008    | How is the manga bible "new?" Where I live (actually, where I have lived: three seperate states: midwest, northeast, and deep south) all had a comic every sunday with fully colored and illustrated depictions of around three to six bible verses. |
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...and manga fans as well as Lego buffs:
OK, I have to admit this surprised me. I'm atheist and the person behind the Bible Illuminated is not Christian himself. Instead he sees a great business opportunity and states:
I'm sure being his ulterior motive is one of lucre, coupled with the unusual - some may even say irreverent - presentation, his version of the bible will rub many the wrong way. For many this may not even be considered a bible.
I think as a coffee book, his bible is definitely interesting and certainly a conversation piece, but I'm not sure I'd call it the "bible" since it lacks even the numbers of the passages.
The Bible Illuminated, while catering to the art crowd, is hardly the most unusual. Take this uniquely named bible:
No, I'm not making this up.
Here's a few excerpts:
Finally, we have this version:
Yes, just like the image above, it's a bible that contains 4,124 illustrations, most likely "Legoized".
I can appreciate the coffee-book version, and would probably buy one myself if I saw it in a bookstore, and the Lego version must be a huge hit with children. I'd love to get my hands on the porn bible, though.
Now none of this offends me since I am not religious, but how do you view it? Is it a good idea? Does it disrespect Christianity? What's your stance on the matter?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7750842.stm