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GQ Magazine Deems the Holy Bible One of the Most ‘Overrated’ Books of All Time.....
Breit Bart ^ | 4/20/018 | THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.

Posted on 04/20/2018 6:38:49 AM PDT by caww

Gentleman’s Quarterly has proposed refashioning contemporary culture by unmooring it from the past, a feat that can be accomplished — in part — by updating lists of required reading.

First among these “overrated books” is the Bible, for which the GQ editors reserve some particularly choice epithets.... It is “repetitive, self-contradictory, sententious, foolish, and even at times ill-intentioned,” or, in a nutshell, “certainly not the finest thing that man has ever produced.”

The core of the GQ proposal is the surgical excision of books that serve to keep traditional values alive.

As simple as it is straightforward, GQ’s plan follows the tried-and-true political strategy of Antonio Gramsci, the Italian communist mastermind who explained in great detail how to overcome a “cultural hegemony” by replacing it with a new one (counter-hegemony).

The brave new world that the cultural left wishes to establish cannot come about as long as “folklore” (which includes art, literature, history, and other sources of national identity) remains rooted in the ideas and values of the Judeo-Christian West.

GQ’s proposal can only be viewed in these terms. It is not about suggesting more “entertaining” literature. It is about changing the cultural hegemony for the generations to come.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: antichristianbigotry; gq; liberalmedia
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1 posted on 04/20/2018 6:38:49 AM PDT by caww
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To: caww

Well bless their hearts...


2 posted on 04/20/2018 6:39:51 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: caww
Romans 1:

26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural,

27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error.

3 posted on 04/20/2018 6:41:35 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: caww

GQ?

I think I’ve heard of it. Isn’t that the overrated magazine for gay men and metrosexuals? Kept in business only because it is propped up by the same people who prop up other media in order to spew propaganda.


4 posted on 04/20/2018 6:42:37 AM PDT by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: G Larry

Their day of reckoning is coming. They will be held accountable and they will tremble in absolute terror. I am grateful for my redemption.


5 posted on 04/20/2018 6:44:18 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: caww

Wonder if the quran is also on the list?


6 posted on 04/20/2018 6:44:19 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: caww
They can have my Bible, when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers. 😁 Isn’t that true about our weapons too? I can’t own a weapon here, but my wife can. 👍
7 posted on 04/20/2018 6:44:44 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: caww

Yeah, right. And the Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ. /s


8 posted on 04/20/2018 6:45:05 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The MSM is the enemy of the American people)
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To: caww

And using the same arguments, so must the Koran.


9 posted on 04/20/2018 6:47:47 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should care less about who we may offend and care more about who we may inspire.)
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To: caww

It’s not a book. It’s a library of 66 books and letters.


10 posted on 04/20/2018 6:48:01 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: Mark17

Hebrews 4:12 New International Version (NIV)

12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.


11 posted on 04/20/2018 6:48:17 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to primarily a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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To: caww

. “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing.” (1 Corinthians 1:18;


12 posted on 04/20/2018 6:48:37 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: robroys woman

Another attack on the Bible, the most attacked book in history. Yet...it still stands. It is impossible to eradicate the word of God.


13 posted on 04/20/2018 6:51:00 AM PDT by caww
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To: caww

On reading GQ’s suggestions the only word that comes to mind is puerile.


14 posted on 04/20/2018 6:51:39 AM PDT by Belteshazzar (We are not justified by our works but by faith - De Jacob et vita beata 2 +Ambrose of Milan)
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To: caww
However, they did rate the Marquis De Sade's "120 Days of Sodom" as a 'must read' for all open-minded people. (more like open-hinded)
15 posted on 04/20/2018 6:51:47 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Morpheus2009

Well...knock yourself out GQ boys....ya’ got a super bright future. In fact...be way ahead of the curve....make sure you get there first.


16 posted on 04/20/2018 6:52:11 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: caww

Exactly.

The bible is exactly what it claims to be. No more and no less. And it is a collection of writings from many different authors over thousands of years. And still in harmony...


17 posted on 04/20/2018 6:52:38 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: caww

GQ: Generally Queer

Of course they hate the Bible.


18 posted on 04/20/2018 6:53:07 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: caww

And yet the Left is very supportive of the traditions of “people of color” and “indigenous pipples.”


19 posted on 04/20/2018 6:53:46 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Vegam Yehudah tillachem biYrushalayim . . . .)
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To: caww
Maybe it's just me, but it seems that those who most rabidly condemn and attack the Bible haven't read any of it or know anything about it apart from what others have told them.

Were I not a Christian, there is still a disproportionately massive amount of wisdom within the pages of the Bible. That it is branded a "religious book" by modern liberalism should not make such wisdom forbidden.

20 posted on 04/20/2018 6:54:53 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (Progressives are turning America into "Harrison Bergeron" if conceived by Ayn Rand.)
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