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The Conservative Bible
Oct. 5th, 2009 10:38 pmThe "conservative base" in the US is disintegrating. They are going off the deep end, and the "movement" is certain to tear itself apart. How can I be so sure? How can I tell, absolutely and for certain, that these are the End Times for the Know-Nothings?
This is how. Conservapedia, a site mocked since its start by sensible people everywhere, but taken very seriously by the right-wingers who created and edit it, has launched a project to "create a conservative Bible translation". Yes, really. To remove the liberal bias in existing translations (fostered by famous revolutionary communists like the Catholic Church, or James I). Based solely on this, I predict the schism of the Republican party within a decade, into one party including the people who thought up this crazy idea, and another party who think the bible is God's Word and that people who mess with it need to be taken out and shot. And possibly a third party of people who can think for themselves.
While we're waiting for that happy apocalpyse, I recommend you read about their little project. That page is laugh-out-loud, coffee-down-the-nose funny on its own. A particular highlight for me was this line:
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This is how. Conservapedia, a site mocked since its start by sensible people everywhere, but taken very seriously by the right-wingers who created and edit it, has launched a project to "create a conservative Bible translation". Yes, really. To remove the liberal bias in existing translations (fostered by famous revolutionary communists like the Catholic Church, or James I). Based solely on this, I predict the schism of the Republican party within a decade, into one party including the people who thought up this crazy idea, and another party who think the bible is God's Word and that people who mess with it need to be taken out and shot. And possibly a third party of people who can think for themselves.
While we're waiting for that happy apocalpyse, I recommend you read about their little project. That page is laugh-out-loud, coffee-down-the-nose funny on its own. A particular highlight for me was this line:
The committee in charge of updating the bestselling version, the NIV, is dominated by professors and higher-educated participants who can be expected to be liberal and feminist in outlook.You see, you can't trust anyone with a university education to translate all that ancient Hebrew and Aramaic and Greek. Their minds have been twisted by Exposure to Education.
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