Bibles

  • Dates
    2019 - Ongoing
  • Author
  • Topics Social Issues, Contemporary Issues, Documentary
  • Location Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

A Christian church named Zion Church, in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, was blown up on 21 April 2019. 31 people were killed.These are the Bibles of believers who attend this blasted church.

A Christian church named Zion Church, in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, was blown up on 21 April 2019. The day was Easter. 31 people were killed by Muslim violence affected by IS. This was a terrorist attack aimed at blasting a series of Christian churches. More than 250 people have died in Sri Lanka as a whole.

These are the Bibles of believers who attend this blasted church.

How is their life connected to Jesus?

We imagine these Bible owners.

I was surprised that their various personalities were in these Bibles. Even after the terrorist attacks, they read the Bibles and go to church. The reverence of that action prompted me to start this project.

I interviewed them.

Where were you at that time?

These ask us various questions. Why they died, why they survived, and why they lost their children. It is also in a note with the Bible in this last photo of the church pastor.

"Why would bad things happen to good people"

We have achieved various developments. And it spawned everything and continued to destroy. The Bible, born long ago, is said to be the world's most-read book. A scripture for those who believe in Christianity. For those who have seen the future according to the words, how do they look at this world, reflect and live? What exists between God and them? Here are other existences of those who believe in Jesus.

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