Said the Pharisee to the other Pharisee. Actually it was probably more, 'oi moy'. Regardless, another book selling ploy has emerged from Steve Hughes, author of 'Oh Shit! It's Jesus'. THeOOZE has a brief article about it, but what I like is the comments going on at the bottom.

Cutting to the Core of Modernism

This book has cut to the core of the modernism--or the people hanging around in the paradigm. Not knocking them, no, but I do want to highlight some thoughts. Let me make a loose assumption: modernism = reverence. That's how church worked for this crowd: reverent, choirs, robes, quiet, old wooden cross, pews. Connecting SHIT with JESUS is irreverent and profane. This is last thing true orthodox Christianity needs.

Others are less offended, equally 'Christian' and reserve final judgment. I think this book selling ploy has worked, and short of buying the book and reading it (maybe I will), I won't say yay or nay. However, I will end with a comment I saw on the topic:

Reminds of Tony Campolo's famous address where he talks about how many children had died from starvation since the beginning of his talk and how most people in the audience didn't even give a shit about it. Then he told the stunned people that the really sad thing was that most of them were more concerned that a Baptist preacher said shit than with the statistic itself.

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