Glob-a-log

Oh, this is just marvellous.

The world is getting more insane by the minute. Not always in a nice way, of course but sometimes the craziness can be quite delightful:

Ajinbayo Akinsiku wants the world to know Jesus Christ, just not the gentle, blue-eyed Christ of old Hollywood movies and illustrated Bibles.

“For the unchurched, the book is to show that this thing, the Bible, is still relevant,” Mr. Akinsiku said.

Mr. Akinsiku says his Son of God is “a samurai stranger who’s come to town, in silhouette,” here to shake things up in a new, much-abridged version of the Bible rooted in manga, the Japanese form of graphic novels.

“We present things in a very brazen way,” said Mr. Akinsiku, who hopes to become an Anglican priest. “Christ is a hard guy, seeking revolution and revolt, a tough guy.”

In a blurb for the Manga Bible, which is published by Doubleday, the archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, is quoted as saying, “It will convey the shock and freshness of the Bible in a unique way.”

No doubt. In the Manga Bible, whose heroes look and sound like skateboarders in Bedouin gear, Noah gets tripped up counting the animals in the Ark: “That’s 11,344 animals? Arggh! I’ve lost count again. I’m going to have to start from scratch!”

The Sermon on the Mount did not make the book, though, because there was not enough action to it.

I simply love that eager endorsement by the ‘Most Rev.’ Rowan Williams.

Not satisfied with wanting to bring Sharia law to England he now seems to be quite happy to replace the Good old King James Bible with a Manga version.

Which is fair enough, I suppose. When you have Sharia law, who needs that boring Sermon on the Mount anyway?

Enough about sad little Williams though. A far more pressing matter is the question about movie rights – and who’s going to play Jesus.

In my mind, there can only be one candidate, really – and with a bit of make-up he should still be able to pull it off.

Yes, I do think the ‘Pale Rider’ Clint would make a perfect Jesus.

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