The Antichristian Phenomenon

Something I’ve seen dotting nearby supermarkets and convenience stores has been a book entitled Complete Idiot’s Guide to Faith, an odd “guide” of sorts to discovering or maintaining a Christian faith. What’s strange to me (other than a self-help book for a supposedly inherent quality) is how the term “faith” is being used in such a specific way. It’s being used as a marketing tool, representing in this case a Baptist Christian perspective, and is somewhat marginalized because of it. It doesn’t so much push the concept of “have faith” as it does “have THIS faith”. The book cuts and pastes the Bible, which is frankly expected, in order to deliver Christianity as seen by Reverend Charles W. Moore.

Instead of forming their own opinion on the subject matter, I’m sure most Christians or would-be Christians would prefer to read someone’s epilogue of Christianity, just to get the gist of it as a sort of sudden death insurance policy for their soul. If nothing else it would save them the trouble of tackling page upon page of one-dimensional characters, pointless sub-plots, and poorly represented myth. But reading someone else’s interpretation of Christianity is not the same as reviewing it for yourself.

But if I may take the liberty of citing a very appropriate quote from Penn and Teller, “Read it because we need more atheists, and nothing will get you there faster than reading the damn Bible.”

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