Tuesday, January 8, 2008

The Bible from Godless China, Just Like Jesus Intended

The city of Nanking, previously famous mainly for being raped, has a new selling point: it will be home to a printing plant that can produce "more than one Bible every second" (!). At the risk of being blasphemous, that is a lot of goddamn bibles. Of course, as the article points out:

"There is a massive irony in China becoming the leading exporter of Bibles at a time when religious freedoms in the nation of 1.3 billion remain tightly restricted and smuggling of unauthorized Bibles can still lead to a jail sentence.


"Earlier this year, one of the leaders of China's underground Protestant church was released after serving three years hard labor for possessing thousands of unauthorized Bibles. He reportedly spent his sentence making soccer balls for the 2008 Beijing Olympics."


This is what we need in America. More jail sentences for Bible possession, with a net result of much-needed sports equipment (Get it? Net?). Get those looney motherfuckers off the streets and into prison where they belong!

No, seriously. Off the streets.

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