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Re: New Stories from the New Testament
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Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:23:16 GMT
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John wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ben Roller writes:
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> > Lighten up and get back to building. :)
> > Ben Roller
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> Herein perhaps lies part of the problem IMO. BPS has taken a subject that is
> for many a serious one, and while folks with a good sense of humor can brush it
> off, some might find it offensive.
Well, you can probably always find someone to find something offensive.
> For instance, I personally find those holocaust sets to be offensive
> trivializations rather than "art". Certainly BPS's work is frivolous, and IMO
> most certainly appeals to non Christians rather than Christians.
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> For non Christians, it seems to me that it is some sort of vindication that the
> Bible and its stories are bogus, or at least not serious.
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> To a Christian, there seems to be a underlying mocking tone (at least to this
> one).
I haven't looked at these in too much detail, but what I see is someone
combining two life passions. Is it wrong for people to look for ways to
express things which are important to them? Is the _ONLY_ way to express
the content of the Bible the Bible itself? In which case, should
Christians be like Moslems and declare that only an original Bible, not
a translation, is valid? Which language then?
I hope you don't have any paintings of Bible scenes, after all, they're
just someone's interpretation. Or will you claim that a painting somehow
is more respectful? Why?
Frank
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| (...) It looked like a simplified children's Bible to me, and not one meant to be taken as complete. Perhaps reading through the "Young Person's Bible" I gave to my son prepared me to accept this kind of thing. I read through the Last Supper, with (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: New Stories from the New Testament
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| (...) Obviously the only valid Bible is in the original KJV. :) Okay, I know, only Christians got that joke. Anyway, on to the main topic of the debate here. Three things. 1. The tone is definitely mocking, self-admittedly so.* 2. I'm a pretty (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: New Stories from the New Testament
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| (...) I never questioned whether it was right or wrong, but rather its appropriateness (if that's a word). As Ian Malcolm once stated: "Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should..." Is the _ONLY_ way to express (...) That's an (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: New Stories from the New Testament
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| (...) Herein perhaps lies part of the problem IMO. BPS has taken a subject that is for many a serious one, and while folks with a good sense of humor can brush it off, some might find it offensive. For instance, I personally find those holocaust (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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