Rhetoric Race and Religion
If you’ve been involved with traditional Christian culture long enough, at some point you’ve heard the term “biblical.” This word is used as an adjective, a descriptor of sorts. The point of labeling something as biblical is to let you know that it’s of good Christian quality. No skim milk Christianity over here! It’s the good stuff, chock full of biblical vitamins and minerals from the solid rock that is Christ. (See what I did there?)
In this context, labeling something as biblical works like a seal of approval or some type of quality control. So calling something biblical basically means this:
It’s an assurance of quality and distinction. We don’t just have marriages like everyone else, we have BIBLICAL marriages. We aren’t going to teach our boys how to be men, we’re going to teach them about BIBLICAL manhood. There are also biblical diets, biblical comedy, and biblical styles of clothing. Biblical is the polite way to separate the spiritual stuff from that other, worldly stuff. You know, the sheep from the goats. Biblical is better.
There’s a big problem with this though. Actually, there are several big problems with it, problems that usually go unnoticed. Here are a few.
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