Jesus Christ born of gorilla not virgin

A new, "postmodern" edition of the Bible takes Darwin's theory of evolution as gospel and presents Jesus as being born, "not to a virgin, but to a gorilla." According to Ruth Rimm, Bronx school teacher and book artist, her version of the Scriptures titled "Lost Spiritual World", explores the emergence of a new global spirituality that mixes the best of each wisdom tradition with the latest findings in psychology, quantum physics, neuroscience, and linguistics." It is a "Bible for skeptics, seekers, and people of different faiths." The first volume in the series which will eventually present the Torah, Bhagavad Gita, Buddhist sutras, and Sufi mysticism, covers the Gospel of Mark. Rimm, however, includes parables not found in Mark, such as the Parable of the Dolphin, the Parable of the Snow Leopard and the Parable of the Gorilla, which are illustrated in a series of irreverent videos to be made available on YouTube as part of the book's marketing campaign. The Parable of the Gorilla begins with a Renaissance painting of Mary and baby Jesus. The voice over begins: He was born in a manger a long time ago, not to a virgin, but to a gorilla. Yes, if Jesus was alive today, he would understand that his ancestors, just like ours, were beasts. No, he wouldn't run around claiming he was born of a virgin. "There may be a profound message behind the miracle stories, but the big bang and evolution implore us not to read things literally," Rimm said.