Bible Belted
As illustrated by the Baby Got Book video from yesterday, in certain Christian circles a Bible is as much an article of spiritual adornment as a pendant or a ring. The book's cover, size and version--along with where you "wear" it--speak volumes about you and your beliefs.
Nowhere is this more evident than in a story that is beginning to work its way through the mainstream media: the folks at XXXChurch, an anti-porn ministry, tried to publish a special edition of the Bible to hand out free to porn stars, but their printer, the American Bible Society, cancelled the contract upon seeing the book's cover.
So let us now review the lessons of today:
Proclaiming one's spirituality by carrying a large Bible: Holy.
Giving the impression that Jesus would associate with porn stars: Irreligious.
All of which just goes to show that with the Bible, as with love, there are sometimes more important things than size.
