Inspirational Fiction or God's Word
It was our Church Organist, Phil, which first brought this to my attention, so while I was out shopping with my Grandson, I thought I would take a picture. It was taken in Borders, Speke Retail Park today (16th Feb)
Now I know peoples’ thoughts about the Holy Bible differ, but to class the book as ‘Inspirational Fiction’ seems to me to be taking things too far. Inspirational yes: but fiction?
To be generous, some passages in the Bible may well have a fictional element, but there are many more containing documented history; others are books of law – is that fiction? Much of the New Testament contains letters – how can they be classed as fiction? – I could go on but I have no intention of getting into debate about the nature of Holy Scripture.
I also noted that the sacred texts from other major world religions were not to be found alongside the Christian Bible and I am sure if they did there would be a public outcry. “And there, as Shakespeare would say, tis the rub.” Is Borders’ attitude simply a reflection of our own attitude to our scripture?
I thought I would email Borders a copy of this to see what they say: I’ll let folk know what transpires. If anyone feels the same then I have included their office address and an email link below.
Stillerman House
120 Charing Cross Road
London
WC2H 0JR
customerservice@mail2.borders.co.uk
One last thing: Borders, if you are going to file by author make sure it is listed under G for God,Y for Yahweh or J for Jehovah. No forget that, there is a lot more names I can think of. Just file it under Holy Bible – now that seems a logical place for people to look.
Update
Well, after more than a month there has been no reply to my email. Well, that is not quite true. Borders have decided to subscribe me to their Newsletter with lots of goodies for Mothers’ Day.
At least my Outlook marked it as Spam!
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