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Silent3

(15,395 posts) Thu Jan 15, 2015, 12:45 PM Jan 2015

Proposed by Democrats(!?!?): The Bible as Official Book of Mississippi

What do milk, the bottlenose dolphin, petrified wood and the Bible have in common? If two Mississippi legislators get their way, they'll all be official symbols of the Magnolia State.

Democrats Tom Miles and Michael Evans, members of the Mississippi House of Representatives, are proposing a bill that would make the Bible the state book, joining the state's official beverage, water mammal and stone as official state symbols.

Evans, a Baptist, told the website AL.com that the Good Book could be a cure for "all the things going wrong in the world." "Me and my constituents, we were talking about it and one of them made a comment that people ought to start reading the Bible," he said, noting that Mississippians would not be legally required to read it.

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-will-the-bible-become-the-official-state-book-of-mississippi-20150113-story.html

I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised the some Democrats in Mississippi win by pandering to this kind of crap.

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Proposed by Democrats(!?!?): The Bible as Official Book of Mississippi (Original Post) Silent3 Jan 2015 OP

Elected Mississippi democrats don't have a lot in common with, say, cbayer Jan 2015 #1

It's symbolic, therefore doesn't mean anything. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #2

Faulkner is full of poignant symbolism, fwiw. His 'The Sound and the Fury' crossed my mind. pinto Jan 2015 #8

As they say in Alabama and Arkansas safeinOhio Jan 2015 #3

"Thank God for Mississippi." NOLALady Jan 2015 #7

"...in Mississippi" is the operative phrase... TreasonousBastard Jan 2015 #4

The South Just Can't Get Over Slavery earthside Jan 2015 #5

This Map Shows The Most Famous Book Set In Every State pinto Jan 2015 #6

I've read some of those Cartoonist Jan 2015 #9

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

1. Elected Mississippi democrats don't have a lot in common with, say,

Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 12:47 PM

Jan 2015

Massachusetts democrats.

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)

2. It's symbolic, therefore doesn't mean anything.

Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 12:50 PM

Jan 2015

Why don't you get that? Huh?

Richard Wright and William Faulkner need not apply.

pinto

(106,886 posts)

8. Faulkner is full of poignant symbolism, fwiw. His 'The Sound and the Fury' crossed my mind.

Reply to LiberalAndProud (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 01:32 PM

Jan 2015

Edgy, yet full of echoes that seem to be inspired by that time and place in Mississippi. Told in part by a mentally disabled son of a once well off white family fallen on hard times, who observes it all. Two other family members add to the picture in their personal accounts. The coda is a third person account about the highly religious black matriarch of the house staff who cares for the disabled son and helps hold it all together, as she can.

Doubt it would be a legislature's choice, but it is a highly moving set of snapshots.

safeinOhio

(32,736 posts)

3. As they say in Alabama and Arkansas

Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 12:51 PM

Jan 2015

Thank God for Mississippi.

NOLALady

(4,003 posts)

7. "Thank God for Mississippi."

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 01:24 PM

Jan 2015

It's a common saying in Louisiana also.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

4. "...in Mississippi" is the operative phrase...

Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 12:58 PM

Jan 2015

I would be surprised if there was active opposition to the idea.

earthside

(6,960 posts)

5. The South Just Can't Get Over Slavery

Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 01:01 PM

Jan 2015

Considering the bible's support of slavery, is anyone surprised?

Is the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution one of the "things going wrong in the world"?

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_Bible

pinto

(106,886 posts)

6. This Map Shows The Most Famous Book Set In Every State

Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 01:14 PM

Jan 2015

This is a neat state by state scan, put together by Business Insider. (Mississippi's is Faulkner - "The Sound and the Fury') ~ pinto

Local literature can be a surprising source of home state pride, no matter where you're from.
We found the most famous book set in each state. How many have you read? Check out the annotated map below.

This Map Shows The Most Famous Book Set In Every State

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/most-famous-book-set-in-every-state-map-2013-10#ixzz3OuX3sUVg

Cartoonist

(7,323 posts)

9. I've read some of those

Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 08:17 PM

Jan 2015

and saw movies of some others. Fear and Loathing is the most spot on.

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