Slog - Comments on They Sent It to Us: "Color Me Bible" http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible From: carey@inspirationalpublicrelations.com Date: April 1, 2008 9:35:07 AM PDT Subject: Kids’ Bible Arts Festival Offers Ranch Vacations To: brendan@thestranger.com Dear Ms. Kiley, I thought that readers of Stranger would be interested in learning how children can win dude ranch vacations for their families by answering and illustrating questions from the Gospel of John for an online book. Please let me know if I can answer any questions about the Children's International Arts Festival. All His best, Carey Kinsolving GLOBAL ARTS FESTIVAL OFFERS KIDS DUDE RANCH VACATIONS AS BIBLE STUDY INCENTIVE South Padre Island, Texas, April 1, 2008 -- Year after... Copyright 2008 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:55:03 -0800 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:19:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Postureduck I would kill my own mother for a dude ranch vacation.

]]> Postureduck http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986961 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986961 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:59:15 -0800 Comment by PopTart PR 101, know the audience your press releases are going to. I almost feel sorry for Carey Kinsolving.

Did anyone else immediately think "light as a feather, stiff as a board" about the "arise" illustration? Or was it just me because I just finished watching the slumber party South Park episode.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986966 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986966 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:05:31 -0800 Comment by orangekrush Jesus and the Lepers is gonna be my next band's name, yo.

]]> orangekrush http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986969 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986969 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:07:38 -0800 Comment by linus now all these hipster assholes are going to send snide anti-relegion cartoons and pornography thinking there being "cool" and "edgy"
SCREW THAT!
these are cute, let the little kids have there cute fun

]]> linus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986980 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986980 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:18:19 -0800 Comment by Jason Petersen The comic sans is classy.

]]> Jason Petersen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986985 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:20:23 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty OK, linus, but I still think we should enter. If we win, we can take our guns down there and teach the kids how to shoot. No good Christian should have a problem with that, right?

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986989 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986989 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:23:47 -0800 Comment by elenchos Yeah, kids will see you flashing your gun around and think you're a hero instead of a desperate loser.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986997 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c986997 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:29:37 -0800 Comment by Hernandez To be fair, elenchos, I first learned how to shoot a gun at a Christian camp in 5th grade.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987002 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987002 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:31:21 -0800 Comment by kid icarus Jesus and the Chickenpox.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987005 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987005 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:32:34 -0800 Comment by inkweary This a future "Youth Pastor Watch" post in the making.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987012 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987012 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:36:38 -0800 Comment by Greg Eh, what's a little casual blasphemy between friends?

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987016 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987016 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:37:55 -0800 Comment by linus I have my issues with religion in general...but I dont see it as an excuse to crash and soil a family event....unless you were actualy sincere about teaching gun safety

]]> linus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987019 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987019 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:43:02 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty NRA-certified instructor here, and serious as a heart attack.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987039 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:54:45 -0800 Comment by Giffy So Jesus is just Fred Flintstone with a beard?

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987042 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:55:22 -0800 Comment by Morgan I think this is actually a pretty great idea. In my experience, there seems to be a pretty strong correlation between not reading the Bible and fundamentalism. The more of it you read, the harder it is to take it literally.

But of course most of the adults who encourage kids to participate are going to tell them what bits to read and what to draw...

]]> Morgan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987066 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987066 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:04:29 -0800 Comment by Giffy @15 or seriously.

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987076 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987076 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:08:06 -0800 Comment by PopTart I may have misinterpreted what Brendan was suggesting, but I thought he was saying send your entries to the Stranger, not to the crazy PR man. The kids can still have their fun and win their free trip to a dude ranch (aka free labor for ranchers) and the hipster assholes can have their fun too.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987077 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987077 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:08:20 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I think the kids should take requests. Submit your favorite passages for them to illustrate, like.

"The people of Samaria must bear the consequences of their guilt because they rebelled against their God. They will be killed by an invading army, their little ones dashed to death against the ground, their pregnant women ripped open by swords." (Hosea 13:16 NLT)

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987084 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987084 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:12:08 -0800 Comment by Morgan @16 - Very true. A lot of the stuff Jesus has to say is pretty great, but most of the things people kill over are really silly.

]]> Morgan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987098 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:18:54 -0800 Comment by STJA Wow. Jesus and the Lepers is a great drawing. I love it.

They WOULD pick the Book of John, though. That's the crazy one.

]]> STJA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987118 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987118 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:26:14 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO you heathens are all going to hell.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987128 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987128 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:31:30 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC This heathen is going to go listen to his Color me Barbara album in protest.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987183 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987183 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:09:51 -0800 Comment by Spoogie Who the fuck wants to go to South Padre Island? It's not worth the waste of a perfectly good burnt orange crayon.

]]> Spoogie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987201 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/they_sent_it_to_us_color_me_bible#c987201 Religion Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:19:17 -0800