The Bible’s Celebrity
So...the Bible: It's celebrity over the years has exploded, surprisingly, making it an integral element to American pop-culture. But is it possible that the Bible's ubiquity and spreading the Gospel has backfired for the Bible making it an easy target for stark repudiations and blasphemy? Think about it: We don't casually argue the viability of, let's say, Paul Revere vs. Israel Bissel, or even, whether golf is truly a Black activity considering how a Black man invented the golf tee; but the Bible on the other hand has been a revolving topic, pedestaled by believers and unbelievers over the polemic whether Jesus Christ was real, if God is alive, Heaven and Hell, and even the preciseness of current events that are said to be predicted and outlined by the Bible--hundreds of years ago! Such reports and proclamations (even if they are from a book) are certainly going to arouse the emotions of people all over, and let's face it--some "authors" are just ahead of their time and will never find their contemporaries; nonetheless, the Bible has been puffed up in such a way that it's modernity and credibility is questionable. Is it safe to say that now, in the early 21st Century, that the Bible has lost it's novelty and the only way for it to regain it is by....keepin' it on the hush?
March 3rd, 2009 - 16:10
Seriously?! i think not….the only reason it is so controversial is because the Bible speaks about life and how we should live it and the afterlife…something none of us know about from experience. The lack of "hard facts" makes it a topic that can be talked about for ages. It isn’t even comparable to things like "is golf a black mans sport". Your crazy…
March 5th, 2009 - 04:43
You're crazy! This is profound