God Bless US Bible

[JonC]

This is weird marketing speak, straight from the website.

What do you think they mean by "The USA Bible is the ONLY Bible inspired by ... God Bless the USA?"

Are they saying the Biblical text is inspired by Lee Greenwood's anthem? Probably not.

Are they saying the King James translation is inspired by Lee Greenwood's anthem? That would be ridiculous, since we rebelled against the British state (and church).

Are they saying this particular collection of public domain texts slapped together between an American flag cover was inspired by a marketing gimmick around a popular patriotic anthem to make a fast buck by selling a religious totem to those who will buy anything that a certain former President pitches? Probably so, but in less direct words.

I wonder if it is manufactured in China. The official site originally made the claim that it was printed in the United States, but that claim has disappeared (as far as I can tell) since the product launch.

It also seems weird that Lee Greenwood didn't want to include our official National Anthem in the Bible. Maybe if Trump manages to get into office in 2025, Trump supporters will demand that "The Star Spangled Banner" will get tossed in favor of "God Bless the USA?"

I can't stand that song.

At first I liked it. Then it was OK. But I was serving at the time and every deployment, every ceremony....they wore the song out.

I do like Lee Greenwood. I was in uniform (working) at a resturant with my family and he bought our dinner. I didn't know until the waitress told me (he had already left).

 

[Baptist Believer]

I can't stand that song.

At first I liked it. Then it was OK. But I was serving at the time and every deployment, every ceremony....they wore the song out.

Yes, I had quite the similar experience, except I was not in the military. However, the song started really turning my stomach when churches starting singing it on Sunday mornings, often around 4th of July, but sometimes in response to elections and other political events where the church leaders thought the "good guys" won.

I finally walked out of a service in disgust when they started playing the song for the congregation to sing during Desert Storm when the visiting preacher proclaimed that the War in Iraq had "more conversions [allegedly to Christianity] than casualties," totally ignoring the tens of thousands of Iraqis and Kuwaitis who died. While I was definitely in support of the war based on the knowledge I had, I also recognized that the "other side" was mostly made up of draftees rounded up to fight for a dictator that ended up dead or grievously wounded. The God we claim to worship has commanded us to be concerned about the whole world, not just those who our politicians tell us to like or hate. War is a terrible and sometimes necessary thing, but we should not dismiss the suffering and death of those who are not on "Team America."

I do like Lee Greenwood.

I had nothing against the man until he decided to make some cash off of a Bible sold as a religious totem.

 

[37818]

Three issues that comes to mind.
1) Love of country to promote the word of God.
2) Using the Bible to promote the love of our country.
3) The appearance of using item 1 and item 2 to make money.

 

[canadyjd]

…..
What do you think they mean by "The USA Bible is the ONLY Bible inspired by ... God Bless the USA?"…….

Are they saying this particular collection of public domain texts slapped together between an American flag cover was inspired by a marketing gimmick around a popular patriotic anthem to make a fast buck by selling a religious totem to those who will buy anything that a certain former President pitches? Probably so, but in less direct words…..

Probably a close explanation of what they mean by “inspired”.

I don’t know about the “fast buck” comment. They may expect to be selling throughout DT’s second term.

peace to you