Author of the book "Awkward Moments Not Found in Your Average Children's Bible" receives mail. And by mail I mean death threats.

Courtesy of "Awkward Moments Not Found in Your Average Children's Bible" website:  

This week I received what is certainly not my first death threat, nor, I’m sure, will it be the last. Almost daily, I get what I would consider to be hostile emails from devout Christians (who have mostly not read our book), threatening everything from boycotts to bodily harm – even death. (Or, just weird guys like Dan.) Sometimes I also receive messages from atheists who think I’m too “easy” on Christians with some of our commentaries. In all honesty, I’m sure it just comes with the territory of working under a pen name (for good reason), making it easier for strangers to take pot-shots at what they perceive to be a character, not a real person. Coming through Facebook or email, these are relatively easy to track back to the sources, doing a bit of research and providing all of the necessary details to local authorities for follow-up (in case the subjects are known offenders in need of a refresher course about playing nicely with others). For the most part, these events don’t really affect me – I write under a pen name, I separate my writing from my personal life as much as possible, in order to maintain family privacy while protecting my other businesses from the unknown. You feel pretty safe until you open your personal mailbox to find an odd letter addressed to your private name – no return address, just a postmark from a couple of hours away.

A lot of things go through your mind while standing in the middle of the road, reading a letter like this: How did they get this address? How did they find my real name? What is this verse? Who are they? What do they want? This is obviously the King James? Are they serious? Would someone actually track me down at a speaking engagement to cause me harm? Where’s my wife? Where’s my gun? 

Panic. Fear. Just what they were hoping for. Possibly just what they’ve been taught. 

The author goes on to discuss the impact the letter has had on him, his family, and his plans to attend certain public gatherings. 

As you can imagine I completely empathize with this man's concerns, as I have also received death threats in the mail, as well as threats to contact my employers, or family members and tell them what a horrible person I am. (Yeah, as if they did not already know that.)

What I find very interesting about this threat is that it is NOT inspired by anything that could be categorized as slander or misinformation. In fact what seems to have angered the people responsible for this threat, and others, is that the authors dared to tell Bible stories that preachers and priests often minimize, or avoid altogether.

You know if I did not know any better it would seem that certain Christians simply do not want to have certain parts of their holy book exposed for the world to see.

But that can't be right, can it?