Fortune: Teens open their wallets for a new breed of pop-culture Bible

[La_Serpiente]

This really freaked me out. I have no problem with the youth believing in God and all. But it becoming a pop-fad? My main concern is that it could "cheapen" Christianity. Religion is not something that should become a pop-fad. Keep this up, and it could even become "more" materialistic than it is now.

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http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/0,15114,539244,00.html

For God's Sake
Teens open their wallets for a new breed of pop-culture Bible.
By Julia Boorstin

Today's hottest-selling Bible has some pretty unusual cover lines. "Are You Dating a Godly Guy? (And Other Quizzes)." "Beauty Secrets You've Never Heard Before!" "200+ Blab Q&A's." Called Revolve, what looks like a glossy teen magazine is actually the complete New Testament, sprinkled with photos of fresh-faced teens and sidebars (mostly about makeup, kissing, and how to apply the Bible to everyday life). A box demystifying Thessalonians notes that "everyone was stoked when Jesus walked the earth"; to clarify Matthew 7:14, a passage reads, "Jesus isn't telling you to be a doormat." Since Revolve, which is aimed at 13- to 16-year-old girls, hit shelves in July, it has sold 150,000 copies at $14.99 apiece, making it the most popular Bible sold in Christian bookstores, according to the Evangelical Christian Publisher's Association. Thomas Nelson, Revolve's 200-year-old Nashville publisher, expects to sell nearly twice that amount by Christmas and to release new versions every 18 months or so. (In comparison, the company's average Bible sells around 40,000 copies a year).

[Nlighten1]

1. Cheapen Xianity?

Oh dear, thanks for the laugh.

:eyes:

[Walt Starr]

2. I wasways considered "The Book" and "The Living Bible" to be

The Bible for Idiots

This must be The Bible for Morans (sic)

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. Christianity cheap religion...

you can taylor it to any perversion Xianity became irrelevant to real life many years ago

Bible for morans! I like that Walt!

[Drifter]

3. Cheapen Christianity ? ...

How can you cheapen christianity worse than ... oh lets see ... any Televangelist. I particularly like Earnest "Spirits Come Out" Angley (sp?). The only thing that isn't shrivelling up on that man is his hair.

Cheers
Drifter

[La_Serpiente]

4. I guess

that it has kind of lost its price value.

[noonwitch]

7. I'm kind of partial to Jack van Impe and the lovely Rexella

Maybe it's just a Detroit thing. They are too funny-everything that happens in the world is some type of sign of the impending apocalypse. My all time favorites are Jim and Tammy Faye. They were just too fun. It amazes me that so many people sent them money and thought that they were for real.

TD Jakes is fun to watch-he knows his Bible and can really preach a sermon, and usually doesn't speak in tongues in his broadcasts.

[leesa]

6. Evangelical christianity has always cheapened Christianity

What a sad thing these right wing christians are!

[salinen]

8. future idiocy

these teens will grow up and be so deprogrammed that they will back wars, feed the wealthiest 1%, and vote for tom delays sons.