So, the author of The Brick Bible comes out as transgender on Facebook, Christians in the comments mostly shocked...

So, the author of The Brick Bible comes out as transgender on Facebook, Christians in the comments mostly shocked and upset to learn someone that writes cute Lego books about the bible is an atheist. Progress?

Congrats to Elbe!
http://elbespurling.com/

Comments

  1. Paul VermerenMarch 31, 2015 at 7:16 AM

    Maybe taking Lili Elbe as inspiration? 
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Elbe

    Anyway, respect and congratulations to Ms. Spurling.

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  2. Casey G.March 31, 2015 at 7:26 AM

    I've been a fan since there were just a handful of stories on the Brick Testament page. They were/are so amazingly clever.

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  3. Casey G.March 31, 2015 at 7:29 AM

    Also, for those wanting to learn more about the Bible, the Brick Testament is the absolute best way to do it.

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  4. Rob MonroeMarch 31, 2015 at 7:45 AM

    People thought that the Brick Bible was pro-Christian? I always thought it was one of those "look a how stupid this shit actually is" things.

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  5. Casey G.March 31, 2015 at 7:51 AM

    It just tells the King James stories exactly how they are. So it depends on your point of view.

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  6. Rob MonroeMarch 31, 2015 at 11:44 AM

    Yeah, but it seemed to me that they focused on the really brutal, hypocritical or nasty parts of the Bible. At least that was the case when I first stumbled across it, which I think was in the early days of the site.

    Maybe the presentation of the book makes it less clear that it's a work of satire.

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  7. Paul VermerenMarch 31, 2015 at 11:45 AM

    Right, there's a strong emphasis on the Book of Judges (or at least early on), which is kind of notorious for its nastiness.

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  8. Casey G.March 31, 2015 at 11:49 AM

    There are kid friendly versions of the books along with a Christmas story one. I'm sure some of the people that liked the page on FB only know about those.

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  9. Casey G.April 1, 2015 at 1:03 PM

    Holy shit, she responded to every question people posed and many of the other comments. Awesome.

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