Gallery invites visitors to deface Bible
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Visitors to a gallery in Scotland have been defacing the Bible in the name of art.
The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow has invited art lovers to write their thoughts down in an open Bible on display as part of its Made in God's Image exhibition.
Next to the Bible lie several pens with a note saying: "If you feel you have been excluded from the Bible, please write your way back into it".
Several visitors have already taken up the offer, choosing to leave messages of abuse and obscenity rather than support for the words of God.
"This is all sexist pish, so disregard it all," one message read.
Another scrawled over the first page of Genesis: "I am Bi, Female & Proud. I want no god who is disappointed in this".
Others wrote: "The Gospel According to Luke Skywalker", "F*** the Bible" and "Facist God".
The exhibition, which also includes a woman ripping pages from a Bible and stuffing them into her underwear, has outraged the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Scotland.
But the gallery's artist in residence, Anthony Schrag, is unrepentant.
"Any offensive things that have been written are not the point of the work," Schrag told The Times newspaper.
"It was an open gesture. Are those who say they are upset offended by the things that people write, or just by the very notion that someone should write on a Bible?
"If we are to open up the Bible for discussion, surely we have to invite people to speak out."
The Metropolitan Community Church originally proposed the exhibition as a way of reclaiming the Bible as a sacred text.
However, some of its members have been shocked by the insults written in the Bible on display.
"The Bible should never be used like that," church minister Jane Clarke said.
"It was our intention to reclaim it as a sacred text."
A Catholic Church spokesman said: "One wonders whether the organisers would have been quite as willing to have the Koran defaced".
- AAP
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do this on the koran and you will have all the muslims going after your head!
@sjs
Very well said. Comments as intelligent and articulate as yours are quite uncommon on the internet.
Will the have the courage to do this with the Koran?
I'm sure you will find atheists out there promoting the welfare of women, children, etc. There are lots of religious people out there committing serious crimes, though.
I dont see what the big deal is, I have been Defacing bibles for years, every single time i stay in a hotel I get bored and fill the Bibles with writing.
Revelation 22:18-19 warns about adding to or taking away from the word of God. And as others have said, they wouldn't dare do this to the Koran.
Craig #20, you said if it wasn't for God, none of us would be here. That is your belief, and feel free to believe it. I however, would rather believe the science behind the universe. To me, this is a much more plausible option to believe in, than some "entity" saying "let there be light" and here we all are.
I do not believe in God, I went to religious schools, was forced to go to Church growing up, and since then, I have drawn my own conclusions, that God is the adult version of Santa Claus. A made up character to get people to act good, in the belief they will get a present at the end of it all.
However, I do not agree that defacing the bible is a good thing. I compare this to burning a countries flag, it may not be your flag getting burnt, but that doesn't make it right. Just because some of us don't believe in religion, doesn't mean there aren't alot of others out there who find meaning in it, and hold it very sacred. And the Bible is Catholicism's version of a flag.
Just as i expected lots of xtians wishing they could still get away with killing nonbelievers. And name one non-biblical account of jesus' existence
LR #35 "Just because you don't believe in something does not mean it is not true. " Just because many believe in something, doesn't mean it IS.
Many believed the world was flat. Many believe that a virgin can give birth BECAUSE THE CHURCH SAID IT IS SO. Many believe that their imaginary friend created the universe. Many believe that dinosaur fossils are a big hoax (see previous point) by the scientific community to discredit religion. None of these things are true, yet many believe them.
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As usual, the brainless under 25 year olds are running rampant in the comments section. Go get a Koran, go to anywhere public, then try what you are suggesting and see how long you last! You moronic losers wouldn't last five minutes before you'd be running home to your mommies crying over the beating you got!