"Bibliolatry"

Comments

[Justin Powell]

this is excellent...both in meaning and in quality of art...thanks

Hi, I'm Justin and i found your blog on Alan H's site.

[Bill Kinnon]

Brilliant!

[Shawn]

You mean the Bible isn't more important than
following Jesus?

[John]

Did yo udo the "art" yourself? Awesome! and Amen. -JH

[Steve Sensenig]

Very profound. And a frustration of mine, as well, here lately.

Hebrews 1:1-2 seems to be missing from a lot of people's Bibles ;)

[Jonathan]

  ?

[Molly]

OH man, this is too good! We're having a discussion on this topic on my blog, and a friend sent me a link to this (telling me I'd get a good laugh). She was right. Thanks.

[Brian]

Well, I'd agree "Bibliolatry" is inferior to really following Jesus, but I don't think our church culture is even on that level. Would that there would be a bibliolatry outbreak! That way, all we'd have to do is tell the church to do what the Bible says!

The problem is that the church hasn't even reached that plateau, in my humble opinion; we don't even know the New Testament contains anything besides the Christmas and Easter stories, except maybe Romans 13, 1 Corinthians 13, and something in Revelation about the endtimes and supporting Israel in its current incarnation.

(All of this is good stuff, of course, but is that really the gist of Jesus' life and ministry?)

[Bridget Poor]

Oh, Brant, you're so mean. Stop making me think and question why and what for, and "is that me?". Can't we all just get along and be happy? Isn't that what it's all about? You rabble rouser, you.

On another note, I had an incredibly weird dream the other night involving you, your accordian, a wedding, and some large wooden breasts -(can I say that on your site?)kinda like the ones that might be on the bow of a big wooden sailing ship. I'll tell you about it sometime.

[Brant]

Regarding whether or not this blog will allow the phrase "large wooden breasts": See Krusty blog "FAQ's Regarding References to Large Wooden Breasts"

Short answer: Yes, provided the reference is in a larger, highly meaningful, even necessary, context. So, in this case -- absolutely.

[Kerry]

Hey Brant, c’mon man you’re totally missing it! Idolatry is sooo Old Testament!
We haven’t built any golden calf here, it’s the Bible, and it’s good to worship the Bible! Isn’t it? Welcome to the age of grace.

[Brant]

It's just a cartoon, folks.

"Art is the ultimate economy of language."
-- Me, 5 seconds ago

[cap]

I thought shutting up was the ultimate economy of language. Dang! ..now I'm going to have to learn how to use MS Paint..

[Egana]

so the people are kneeing (worshipping) the sign?

Sorry, even after reading all the informative comments (wooden breasts not-withstanding) I still don't get it...

[Amy]

Huh. See, I thought the "Biblio-" prefix was referring to books in general, and so you were making the excellent point that we must be careful not to be disciples of all of the books (and therefore, authors) on the market that point us to Jesus, rather than Jesus himself.

[Brant]

"Art, which is inferior to shutting up, is the ultimately confusing economy of language."
-- Me, five seconds ago

Egana: Yes, these poorly-drawn figures are worshipping the sign. The sign points to Jesus. You got 'er.

I can explain if anyone likes, but this kind of elevated artwork is much cooler when the arteest doesn't have to connect all your dots.

"Biblio" needn't mean many, or one, the way I see it. But like I say: just a cartoon.

[Jay]

Brant: what can I say? You nailed it.

[isaiah543]

I get it. It's a good point.

But it reminds me of a story.

About twenty years ago I was having an argument with a guy in college who was tired of all this emphasis on Bible study. He said, "I want to have the faith of Abraham. He never had a Bible, but he was a man of great faith who walked with God."

I said, "Dude. You never would have heard of Abraham if it weren't for the Bible."

[ZR]

Can you make a very large, weatherproof banner of this and hang it on the campus of the Christian University I graduated from? Cause you're my hero :-D.

[Brant]

I'm honored to be your hero.

Humbly, though, I must tell you I seek to merely be the wind beneath your wings.

[Custard]

Great cartoon.

I've posted a link to this from my blog, along with a few thoughts.