{"id":2120,"date":"2020-05-28T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T21:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2020-05-01T22:34:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T04:34:45","slug":"book-the-holy-bible-abridged-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/28\/book-the-holy-bible-abridged-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Holy Bible-Abridged (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Holy Bible: Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness<\/strong><\/span>
\nYear: 2015
\nAuthor: Zach Weinersmith
\nLength: 72 pages<\/p>\n

Satire is a fine line between comedy and offense. While I can’t fault The Holy Bible: Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness<\/em> for being precisely what it says\u2014abridged beyond the point of usefulness\u2014there’s definitely a bias present in its scant 72 pages. I can take a joke about my faith pretty well, mostly because I understand the reference being made and can identify what’s funny about it. Sure, The Holy Bible: Abridged<\/em> has a few amusing bits in it, but there are almost too many portions that feel too irreverent to be funny.<\/p>\n

The Bible is a long book, and I know most people probably haven’t read through the entire thing. This book tries to remedy this situation by providing a brief comedic sentence about each book in the Bible. Sure, it gets the point across quite succinctly sometimes, but it misses the point in many of its summaries. I think what it fails to capture is the overall story of the Bible, which itself cannot be adequately represented in 66 witty sentences.<\/p>\n

To be honest, I’m not entirely sure who this book is for. Is it for people who believe the Bible (and have probably already read it) looking for a few cheap laughs? Is it for people who are against what the Bible says, looking for a few pointed jabs at Christianity? I have a feeling it’s probably the latter, but it’s at least a somewhat amusing exercise in trying to condense down a notoriously complex topic into highly abridged summaries. In the end, it’s a short book, and I welcome others to form their own opinions of it. For me, I found it kind of “meh.”<\/p>\n

A complex book abridged down to uselessness; I give The Holy Bible: Abridged<\/em> 2.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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