Green Bible

Well, as you can probably tell by the date on my previous post, I've been really busy. As a student at UT, I can honestly say that I have never had a harder or more challenging semester than this one; but enough excuses, on with the post.

Although, I have done little to contribute lately, I have been cruising the blogosphere and I recently ran across this over at the New York Times.

I really enjoy seeing all the new types of presentations that people use to repackage the Scriptures. I like checking out the new translations, new study systems, new paraphrases; they all interest me. But this, The Green Bible, is something completely different.

The Green Bible is printed on recycled paper, has a cotton/linen cover, and is printed using soy-based inks. The feature that really sets The Green Bible apart, however, is the fact that all the verses that reference the Earth are printed in green (like the Bibles that have Jesus' words in red).

On first glance, I think this is very cool and would definitely pick it up if I saw it at McKay's (the only place I ever buy books). But this Green Bible made me think: Is it really a good idea to set certain verses apart? Our nature as humans seems to cause us to pick a short-list of our favorite Scriptures and then cling to those 10 verses; never venturing out of our little box. Would this Bible just be one more tool to help us segregate our Scriptures?

I know that I'm over-thinking this; and the Bible-hoarding side of me really wants a Green Bible. But what do you think? Is this a great new tool to dive even deeper into God's word, or is it one more Bible to make the publisher ten more dollars and leave us all clinging to ten green scriptures?