The Bible is an ancient text, reproduced with an extremely high level of accuracy for us to read today. If we all had to study Hebrew/Greek/Latin and Aramaic just to read it, perhaps its popularity would wane over time. So, translations help. Imagine then, if someone decided to re-print it in contemporary, magazine style, with modern images (Angelina Jolie?)
I wonder what the response is going to be to 'The Book' (story from BBC):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7750842.stm
I reckon the most fun to read would be the 'Bible in Cockney.' In it, Jesus feeds "five thousand geezers" with "five loaves of Uncle Fred and two Lillian Gish". The Lord's Prayer morphs from "For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory" to "You're the Boss, God, and will be for ever, innit?"
The problem with framing someone or an object and thinking of them in a certain way restricts our potential. Framing does not affect the object, it affects how we see it and our response to it.
Should 'The Book' offend Christians because of its provocative images? Or should we stop carrying around abstract wooden squares which restrict our world view?