Bibleman Comes to New York

2005_06_bibleman.jpgThere's a really cute picture in the New York Times of little kids dressed up as the Bible action hero, Bibleman. Bibleman has been in Flushing Meadows Park, on hand for the Billy Graham revival (which saw Bill and Hillary Clinton last night), is fascinating to Gothamist because who knew Christians would think men wearing tights would be okay. That, and the "Jew-y villains" that WFMU's blog pointed out. For instance, here's WFMU's description of one villain: "The Fibbler - A Jewish Gene Wilder / Burgess Meredith kind of villain who clouds the minds of young people and gets them started down the path of evil secular humanism by encouraging white lies and equivocation." Check out the Times to see more quotes like this prayer that the man playing Bibleman yesterday gave the children, "Dear Jesus, I think you're really cool, and I want you to be my best friend. So I admit that I have sinned, and I ask you to forgive my sins." See, that's why kids love Christianity - being forgiven of everything bad they do!

Billy Graham's Crusade begins at 3:30PM today. Bring your coolers!

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Holy crap! Bibleman has been played by Willie Aames for the last 10 years!? What is it about 80s sitcoms stars and born again-ism?

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Wow. Haven't seen it (Likely never will), but does "Bibleman" Beat the bad guys into submission?? If so, what a mixed message.

Not that I'm encouraging it: I wonder what stops George Lucas from suing them?

Willie Aames can also be found in
VH1's Celebrity Fit Club. I suppose being "Bibleman" is fattening...

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i long for the good old days when christians were fed to lions and other wild animals in large arenas. now THATS entertainment!

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That's funny SP! I'll bet you miss seeing darkies hanging from tree branches, too.

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Actually, it was Christians who used to hang the "darkies" ironically enough; their religion leads them to feel superior to other "peoples". They are the most murderous, so perhaps feeding a few of them to wild animals isn't so out of line. Are tickets on sale yet for this? I want front row!

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Since this country is almost all Christian I guess it is easy for a dope like you to blame everything bad on Christians. Maybe you ought to give them credit for building the greatest nation in the world, too? And maybe you can tell us if black civil rights leaders like MKL would also be fed to lions since they were Christian? Or do you get a pass if your skin is dark enough? Looks like I just fed your ass to the lions, dummy.

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