Before the blog is taken over by parsings on Rove’s departure or similar stories of real import, here is some light-hearted fare appropriate for these August days. It seems the Christian Outdoorsman company has put out a camo bible for deer hunters to take into the woods. I guess it’s so Bambi’s mom doesn’t get wise, or converted.

“Our NIV (New International Version) Bible in Realtree camo is our best selling item, followed closely by our camo Bible cover,” said David Lingner, the president of Arkansas-based Christian Outdoorsman, which sells Christian-themed hunting and angling products online.”

Then again, maybe this is more evidence of the serious, Evangelicals-from-Mars, Catholics-from-Venus problem:

“A U.S. survey of licensed hunters and anglers last year commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation found half of those polled identified themselves as evangelical Christians.”

Or perhaps I need to spend more time praying to St. Gabriel Possenti.

David Gibson is director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University and an occasional contributor to Commonweal.

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