Lego Bible Too Racy For Sam's Club 484
localman writes with this excerpt from CNET: "Through his hit Web site and three popular books, [author Brendan] Smith has spread the gospel of 'The Brick Testament.' But now, because of what it says are concerns about 'mature content,' Sam's Club, one of the nation's largest retailers, has banned in-store sales of the fourth book in the series, The Brick Bible.
Re:What is this doing on Slashdot? (Score:3, Funny)
What's wrong with his claim? Just because 70+% of the population isn't modern doesn't mean the rest of us aren't holding them in contempt.
Re:Hypocritical (Score:5, Funny)
There is rape, incest, homosexuality, torture, as well as murder in the King James Bible. Perhaps they should ban it as well.
but the gays were slaughtered by fire and brimstone, the raped mothers didn't get an abortion, of course adam and eves kids had sex with each other (how else would mankind go on?), and the terrorists had to be interrogated. How is this bad?
Re:To be fair (Score:3, Funny)
McDonalds is by far the most popular restaurant in the world but that doesn't mean the food is any good.
Re:To be fair (Score:5, Funny)
Nitrogen is the most popular gas to breath, but that dosn't mean it's any good.
Re:To be fair (Score:1, Funny)
Umm... that person was making the claim....
I have plenty of evidence on which to believe Christianity to be true.... and conversely, plenty of evidence to believe other worldviews are false.
Re:To be fair (Score:5, Funny)
Re:To be fair (Score:2, Funny)
Surely aural sex puts you at risk of catching hearing AIDS.
Re:To be fair (Score:1, Funny)
re: #1 - OK, for example, explain consciousness within the atheistic worldview.
re: #2 - Note that I did qualify what I said in that way. You might find that none match and be theistic, but have to invent or modify an existing religion.
re: #3 - what don't you find plausible about Christianity?
re: my site... very fair point, I'm just getting started there really. Check my 'Resources' page, as I doubt you'll find anything major not addressed in one of those. I'm glad you are thinking about this stuff though. Many here obviously are not.
Re:To be fair (Score:1, Funny)
"I'm curious - how do you 'rule out' religions?"
You put their claims to the test. Is the universe eternal? Nope... there goes most Eastern religions. Is Mormonism even slightly historically accurate. Nope... not looking good. Was Joseph Smith a credible character... Nope... looking worse, etc. Did the author brag about making up a religion and his prophecies fail to come true? Yep... there goes Scientology.
For some, it will be really simple. For others, it is more of a circumstantial case on a huge number of factors.