CAUSE THE BIBLE SEZ SO!

About the Book

     THE WORLD CHRISTIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA ESTIMATES THAT THERE ARE NEARLY 21,000 CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS AND I CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY THAT EACH CAN PROVE THAT THEIR’S IS THE TRUE CHURCH.

     THE BIBLE IS RIDDLED WITH SO MANY ABSURDITIES AND CONTRADITIONS THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A CHURCH DOGMA THAT CANNOT BE CHALLENGED.  WHICH LEAVES THE QUESSTION: IS THE BIBLE GOD’S WORD?  WOULD THE GREAT CREATOR BE SO INARTICULATE THAT MINISTERS, PRIESTS AND RABBIS WOULD HAVE TO SPEND YEARS IN A SEMINARY IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF HIS WORDS?

     THE BIBLE HAS BEEN COMPARED TO A CAFETERIA WHERE ONE SELECTS WHAT HE OR SHE WANTS AND WHAT TO IGNORE.

     GOD IS ALWAYS PORTRAYED AS COMPASSIONATE, LOVING AND FORGIVING YET IN ANGER HE DESTROYED EVERY LIVING CREATURE ON EARTH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE ON THE ARK.  HE WARNED THOSE WHO DID NOT OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS THAT THEY WOULD SEE THEIR CHILDREN BEING DASHED TO PIECES OR TAKEN BY WILD BEASTS.

     JESUS IS PICTURED AS BEING DEVOTED TO HIS MOTHER, YET HE NEVER IDENTIFIED OR REFERRED TO MARY AS MOTHER EVEN WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.  HE REFERRED TO MARY AS “WOMAN.”

     JESUS IS ALSO PORTRAYED AS COMPASSIONATE AND LOVING EVEN THOUGH HE ENCOURAGED HIS FOLLOWERS TO NOT ONLY LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES, BUT TO HATE THEM AS WELL.  HE ALSO INSTRUCTED THEM TO PURCHASE WEAPONS AND TO CASTRATE THEMSELVES IF POSSIBLE.

     THESE ARE ONLY A FEW EXAMPLES FROM THIS BOOK OF THE OFFERINGS AT THE BIBLICAL CAFETERIA THAT ARE IGNORED.

About the Author

CAL MAGLINGER IS A NATIVE OF OWENSBORO, KY.  HE NOW RESIDES IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

ALTHOUGH MAGLINGER IS BETTER KNOWN FOR HIS PAINTINGS, HE HAS PROVEN HIS CAPABILITIES IN COMMERCIAL ART.  HE WORKED AT THE EVANSVILLE COURIER CO., A SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWSPAPER, FOR 21 YEARS AS ART DIRECTOR AND FOR 12 YEARS AS MANAGER OF CREATIVE SERVICES FOR TEXAS GAS TRANSMISSION CORP.

CAL’S GRAPHIC ART RANGES FROM CARTOONS TO RENDERINGS OF COURT TRIALS FOR NEWSPAPERS AND TELEVISION.  THIS, ALONG WITH HIS PAINTINGS OF WILDLIFE, LANDSCAPES, PORTRAITS AND ILLLUSTRATIONS, REVEALS A DIVERSITY OF TALENT.\

AFTER WORLD WAR II, UNDER THE GI BILL, CAL ENTERED THE KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE.  HE RECEIVED A DIPLOMA IN GRAPHIC ARTS AND A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE.  HE ALSO HOLDS A DIPLOMA IN COMMERCIAL ART FROM THE FAMOUS ARTIST SCHOOL IN WESTPORT, CONN.  LIMITED EDITION PRINTS OF SIXTEEN OF HIS PAINTINGS HAVE BEEN SOLD NATIONALLY.  A RECIPIENT OF NUMEROUS AWARDS, HE WAS GIVEN A SPECIAL MEDALLION FROM THE INDIANA STATE MUSEUM FOR THE PAINTING “FOGGY MORN.”  HIS PAINTING “QUIET TIME,” APPEARED ON THE “ARTISTS OF AMERICA” CALENDAR IN 1995 AND HE WAS COMMISSIONED TO DO HISTORICAL PAINTINGS OF THE OHIO RIVER FOR THE AZTAR CASINO.