Talk about doubleplus stupid ideas:
A new Bible that includes the U.S. Constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance is generating controversy before it has even hit the market.
The “God Bless the USA Bible” is expected to go on sale in September, in time to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a Nashville-based marketer who will distribute the book.
It has already prompted cries of blasphemy and concerns that the book will promote Christian nationalism, the idea that America is and should remain a Christian nation.
The Bible will also include lyrics from singer Lee Greenwood’s hit song “God Bless the USA,” which topped pop charts after Sept. 11, 2001.
Aside from the obvious bad idea — what the fuck is the Constitution and the Pledge doing in a Bible??? And that godawful song???— there’s this. We’re talking Revelation 22:18, dear friends! And since, as we allllllll know, the Bible has to be taken literally — every single word of it — the publishers of this abomination are perpetrating an act of obscene blasphemy:
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll.
The worst idea anyone in this country has come up with since January 6.
(Ok, that’s hyperbole, but for a reason.)