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In lugnet.build.ancient, Karl Paulsen wrote:
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I was a bit saddened, however as your most recent installment seems to cement
a formerly subtle trend in Brick Testament away from what origionally seemed
to be solid biblical retelling -perhaps exagerated, but always probable-
toward what now seems more like a bible comic strip with political overtones,
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Hi, Karl. Thanks for your thoughts.
By “most recent installment”, I assume you’re referring to the Teachings of
Jesus stuff from a month ago and not any of the many King Saul stories I’ve done
since then, yes?
I suppose the George W. Bush illustrations in the Teachings of Jesus are
“political” inasmuch as GWB is our current political leader, but I don’t see the
illustrations as making a “political” point. I suppose they are making more of
a religious or moral point. Certainly you could swap out GWB for plenty of,
say, Democrats and the points would be equally valid. GWB is just a more
perfect example of Christian hypocrisy in my mind, as he calls special attention
to his Christian values and faith and he has been calling the shots in the White
House that seem to fly in the face of Jesus’s actual teachings.
The illustrations of the non-narrative parts of the Bible like The Law of Moses
and the Teachings of Jesus are intended to highlight how the great majority of
of these Biblical laws and teachings are not being followed by modern
believers, and to try to get people to question whether or not they should be
followed by presenting illustrations of how things might look if these laws and
teachings actually were followed.
But it may not be everybody’s cup of tea. If you’d rather just stick to the
illustrations of the Biblical narrative, you’ll be happy to know that it’ll
likely be narrative upon narrative for the next many, many updates.
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Where once I came to see a fairly unbiased Bible in beautiful LEGO, now I
come for some laughs. The former is rare indeed, the later can be found
almost anywhere, albeit perhaps not in beautiful LEGO.
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I always hoped The Brick Testament would be a combination of beauty, horror, and
laughter. :)
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It is of course your production and your vision, and it’s so well done that I
will keep coming back regardless, but I thought I’d just let you know what my
thoughts were.
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It’s appreciated, Karl.
Best,
-Brendan
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| (...) Yes, I just saw the note on the Saul stories, Yaay, more BT! (...) Can't argue with that one. (...) Yeah, that's pretty much what I was noticing, there seemed to be a trend toward more commentary on percieved Christian inconsistencies. A bit (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Brendan, I've been away from lugnet for a couple months... so this is (I think) fairly unrelated to the 69 message mania that went before (I didn't read it all). As usual, BPS, you have managed to put together some very well assembled and (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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