the brick testament.

i keep forgetting to import the last few salvageable articles from my old blog. here is one i can’t believe i haven’t put on this site…

originally posted 01.14.2007

hooray for sacrilege.

i stumbled across a website a few weeks ago that still has me cracking up laughing:

the brick testament.there’s this guy out there named “the reverend brendan powell smith” (i remain skeptical of his status as a member of the clergy). anyways, rev. smith decides that what the world needs is “to give people an increased knowledge of the contents of The Bible in a way that is fun and compelling while staying very true to the original versions.”

mmkay. so how does god-boy decide to express his love for the bible? illustrate it using LEGOs, of course.
you remember legos, right? those multicolored, interchangeable pieces of plastic that your mom was worried you’d swallow? thats them:

the good reverend brendan has a lot of time on his hands. a LOT. the illustrations are creepily intricate – placed in chronological order – complete with pious quotations, smitings, plagues, floods, homophobia, and immaculate conceptions. name a wacky episode of the bible and you’ll find it here…made from legos.

(the laws of the old testament are admittedly a little sketchy – lego slavery is not pretty)

i’ll leave it up to you to decide whether or not this site is making fun of religion or trying to pay homage. either way, its worth a visit. some of my favorite lego moments are pictured below, but unless you visit the site you really don’t get the full scope of how detailed this is. you might even learn something, you big dummy.