And here I was, holding some lighter fluid scant inches from the cover of my bible, ready to go.And Salman Rushdie needs a security detail until the day he dies?
In other news, if Facebook users are narcissistic, what does that make bloggers?
Look!
Look at me!
Look at me, look at me, pay attention to me, love me!
But most importantly: why do I have a bible?
3 comments:
You are a writer, who doesn't waste paper. I don't think blogers are narcissistic unless they advertise on television. Or they have computer signings at the Barnes and Noble. Get it? book signings, computer signings. I knew you would.
And the Jerk with the pile of books and a lighter is just a couple of steps away from being a David Koresh. Why does religion make people crazy? I don't think they are comprehending it right. Isn't it supposed to make you more at peace and loving and understanding of others? At least it does for me.
I'm torn on this, one the one hand burning a book is always a symbol of ignorance, A Canticle For Leibowitz leaps to mind. On the other it's such a powerful symbol of the irrelevance of these things.
If god were offended god could intervene (maybe did?!). Neither of the participating religions cast a book as god, and both eschew idolatry, burning the book could be an act of faith as much as an act of hate.
It is foolish to be offended by the burning of idols as much as it is to burn them.
I agree, there is a certain amount of irrelevance. And, as an atheist, I find the whole thing totally ridiculous. But fundamentally it's about ignorance instead of understanding and about hate instead of compassion and I find that very upsetting.
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