Zero Bulb Ideas (3): Background Music Bible

Zero Bulb Ideas is a series featuring whacky ideas of a noodle-headed nincompoop.
 
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Waterproof Bible was in the news a while ago. There is no news or statistic thereafter if reading the Bible in the shower has increased or what is the percentage of ministers using it during water baptism. We have a host of other Bibles like Cowboys Devotional Bible, Soul Surfer Bible, the colorful Rainbow Study Bible, Good News for Modern Man, Super-Heroes Bible, Outdoors Bible, Woman Thou Art Loosed Bible, Students Bible, The Grace for the Moment Study Bible, Women Bible, Brides Devotional Bible, Couples Bible, etc, etc. At Bamora, a new Bible called the Background Music Bible is conceptualized. The idea is to use background music to create the right mood for the passages being read, so that readers can connect emotionally with the biblical text. A Bamora church believes this will increase spiritual fervor of readers and make reading the Word of God an enjoyable experience. For example, in the creation story of Genesis 1, sounds of birds and animals and flowing rivers will be used to make the readers feel connected to the creation of God. When Israelites go to war, fast pulsating music will be used to create a sense of war. When God spoke from Mount Sinai, sound of thunder and rolling drums will be played to create a sense of awe.

All pages are fitted to a micro digital music player. When the readers turn to a particular page, it automatically turns on a relevant music which is played in a mini speaker fitted at the top of the Bible cover. Readers can also use a headphone to listen quietly at home when they have their devotional Bible readings.

However, there’s a technical problem. When a page is turned, how do the Bible recognize which portion is being read? Say, in one page, there are psalms of praise as well as psalms of lamentation. So, when such a page is opened, what type of music should be played; music of praise or lament?

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  1. Andi and Sheba EicherSeptember 16, 2012 at 10:10 PM

    Have you ever come across the Wittenberg Door? It was a humour magazine (I think it still lurks on the net somewhere) and it used to give a monthly award (I think it was called the Golden Wiener or something) which celebrated some crass-Christian-commercial-product. You don't know whether to laugh or cry. I laughed but the more you think about the nonsense that goes on in the name of Jesus the more we need to cry.

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  2. Sao TunyiSeptember 17, 2012 at 8:29 AM

    Yes, I used to visit the site before but have not seen the monthly award. I think the site is not updated anymore. Yes, it pains to see what some Christians do in Christ's name. For example, the recent movie on muslims, it seems by some right wing evangelicals and coptic christians

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