LEGO Bible Banned from Sam's Club

[kzn02]

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In an e-mail interview, Smith said that he had found out about the Sam's Club ban from his publisher who told him that, essentially, "the book was pulled after an unspecified small number of complaints had been made by Sam's Club customers that the book is vulgar and violent, and that the author is an atheist."

Smith said that the only complaint he'd managed to uncover himself is one post on the Sam's Club Facebook wall contending that "The Brick Bible" [was] created by someone who doesn't believe in God."

Not sure what to think of this.

[Shane for Wax]

Wtf? I know the guy who does the Brick Testament and he was VERY true to the Bible. That's hardly his fault. Maybe people should read their own Bible before doing shit like this.

EDIT- he even states it isn't for children. It's for teens and adults BECAUSE of the sexually explicit and violent scenes. Even tho it's LEGO I guess people still need to bitch and moan.

[tolpuddlemartyr]

Nov 25, 2011 18:50:53 GMT -5 kzn02 said:

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...and that the author is an atheist."

Not sure what to think of this.

In the United States as far as I can tell, you can depict rape, multiple murder, genocide, beatings, shootings, muggings and war in all its full horrific glory.

But don't you DARE depict ATHEISM, that's...obscene!

[Vene]

Rape is iffy, because sex. The rest are fine.

[Dragon Zachski]

So these people think it's okay to read the Bible to their kids, but not something which contains the same content but with pictures and a humorous tone?

[lexikon]

Nov 25, 2011 18:50:53 GMT -5 kzn02 said:

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In an e-mail interview, Smith said that he had found out about the Sam's Club ban from his publisher who told him that, essentially, "the book was pulled after an unspecified small number of complaints had been made by Sam's Club customers that the book is vulgar and violent, and that the author is an atheist."

Smith said that the only complaint he'd managed to uncover himself is one post on the Sam's Club Facebook wall contending that "The Brick Bible" [was] created by someone who doesn't believe in God."

Not sure what to think of this.

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[Shane for Wax]

Nov 25, 2011 19:23:28 GMT -5 Dragon Zachski said:

So these people think it's okay to read the Bible to their kids, but not something which contains the same content but with pictures and a humorous tone?

Compared to some of the other things kids end up seeing on the nightly news, The Brick Testament is fun, entertaining, and hardly something I'd call obscene.

God, I sound like an advertiser for it.

[itachirumon]

Worse yet, I bet, seeing as he's being very true to the Bible, this is because they really have no fucking idea what's actually written there so the truth must be very very disturbing to them. Truly, any truth whatsoever must absolutely blow their mind.

[Shane for Wax]

3. What is the purpose of The Brick Testament?

Rev. Smith has stated that the goal of The Brick Testament is to give people an increased knowledge of the contents of The Bible in a way that is fun and compelling while remaining true to the text of the scriptures. To this end, all stories are retold using direct quotes from The Bible.

Truth hurts, doesn't it Fundies?

[The_L]

Nov 25, 2011 19:36:50 GMT -5 itachirumon said:

Worse yet, I bet, seeing as he's being very true to the Bible, this is because they really have no fucking idea what's actually written there so the truth must be very very disturbing to them. Truly, any truth whatsoever must absolutely blow their mind.

I always grinned about the early chapter of Acts. Or as TBT puts it, "The apostles practice communism."

[Admiral Lithp]

Rape is iffy, because sex. The rest are fine.

Rape is divisive because some people will think the author is being "true to reality or making some kind of statement," & others will say that he's just trying to be "tastelessly dark & edgy." And there's probably some minority who jacks off to it.

Sex is still iffy, but that's another issue altogether.

my my such conversations that have been stirred ...you catch more flies with honey than vinegar )

From the woman who seems to have basically started the whole affair. I don't think she knows what that phrase means. I also love how the author took the time to contact her & lay out her mistakes, & she basically just ignored him, while claiming she actually was responding to him the whole time somehow.

If I were in charge, I would allow this. But I would also pull all Christian literature that depicts non-Christian beliefs. I'd play their little game. And I'd win.

[Thejebusfire]

"I came home and did some research...And would NOT recommend this as a gift for children...Please research this book if you have intentions of getting this for someone. I wanted to share this concern because it is being portrayed as something it is NOT."
"When I got home went straight to the Web site in hopes to see if there were more stories," Grace wrote. "This is where it all went downhill for me. While the Web site does have a content warning on it, I feel the [paraphrasing] of the bible stories are not age appropriate and should be identified both on the Web site and the book itself."

If you would have actually read your bible, you would have known all that stuff was in there in the first place.

[Wykked Wytch]

Nov 25, 2011 19:12:08 GMT -5 tolpuddlemartyr said:

Nov 25, 2011 18:50:53 GMT -5 kzn02 said:

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Not sure what to think of this.

In the United States as far as I can tell, you can depict rape, multiple murder, genocide, beatings, shootings, muggings and war in all its full horrific glory.

But don't you DARE depict ATHEISM, that's...obscene!

Don't forget naked female breasts. It might traumatize kids for life.

[Admiral Lithp]

She covers her ass by explaining that she believes the material in the Bible should be taught at an age-appropriate level.

She somehow claims non-ignorance of Biblical obscenities while simultaneously asserting that the LEGO Bible twists the stories.

[Thejebusfire]

If these people wanted the bible to be taught at an age-appopriate level they wouldn't need children church.

They're just upset because the leggo bible doesn't cherry pic.