New style for the bible, an old christian tradtion continues.

Check out the Manga Bible website or this herald tribute article.

Wow, bet you did not think that the bible would make a great Manga. Well, you would be wrong. Nothing says action like Jesus walking into some moneychangers and kicking some major ass. Don't worry, the boring bits, like the sermon on the mound, because that has been cut. None of that peace-loving Jesus (which is an older modified version of Jesus, as well). No, this is Jesus, hardcore.

I think it is very funny that the author of the bible talks about he is trying to use the manga - action heavy style to portay the bible. For the bits I have read in the bible, action heavy is not how I would describe it. They are trying to reshape Jesus Christ into an action super-star, so that young rebelious american youths can relate to him.

Well, it is a very old tradition, almost every generation of christian has interpreted Christ differently, shifting the focus, outlook, and perception of Jesus to match what they want him to be. Different cultures, from early judo-christians, to romans, to middle-ages europe, to new world, to victorian era, to modern day has always re-interpreted Christ into what they wanted him to be. The historical jesus is interesting topic of study, to be sure, but seperate from that is christology, the study of the nature, deeds, and person of the christ and the interpretion of those things.

I think it reflects more on our times that the youth have no problem viewing Jesus Christ as an action hero, fighting against an opperessive Roman government for the Glory of God. We american love our vigilantes, who buck authority and laws to enforce doubious morals in black and white terms. The Hippies saw him as a peace-lover. South American communist saw him a liberator and a socilaist. Some people view him as a feminist, some as Gnostic. Some nascar racers view him as wearing baby.

What does this tells about about ourselves? What does this tell about Jesus? About Christ?

That is a question worth pondering.

Simon

P.S. Jesus was an extraterrestrial reptilian shape-shifter whose purpose was to get us to warm up the planet with global warming so that his race can take over the earth. Thank you, David Ike.