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Lego Bible Too Racy For Sam's Club
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.
I would posit that you are building a strawman out of false assumptions and interpretations. Do you seriously think that noone who believes the bible has actually read the bible? Or are you suggesting that you somehow have a better grasp on it, its context and purpose, than those who study it daily?
Just as an example, if the bible's basic premise-- that there IS an omniscient, omnipotent, perfectly just God who is responsible for all things-- were true, than it would manifestly not be unjust for him to enact penal justice on any one of his creations that acted against him. But of course you have decided to build this strawman based on attributing the status of a man to God, and then judging him from that position. Why certainly, a man doing some of the deeds that God has done would be evil-- precisely because he is NOT God and lacks the proper authority.
But I grow weary, I know a flamewar will likely result out of this, and though I felt it necessary to respond to such an absurd post, I really have no desire to argue ad naseum with people who will likely be more interested in attacking religion than in having a civil discussion.