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The "Unchanging Word of God," My Ass.
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The "Unchanging Word of God," My Ass.
https://www.rawstory.com/bible-verses-about-slavery/


Quote:An edition of the Bible aimed at right-wing evangelicals has quietly scrubbed references to slavery and 'the Jews'


Fucking jesus should fire his editors!
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That's intriguing as the ESV is often regarded as a very literal and accurate translation. So much for self-examination.
Mountain-high though the difficulties appear, terrible and gloomy though all things seem, they are but Mâyâ.
Fear not — it is banished. Crush it, and it vanishes. Stamp upon it, and it dies.


Vivekananda
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Obviously just a marketing ploy, Danu.
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I heard they came out with a bible edition for militant right wingers that doesn't include that pacifist pansy Jesus.





(It's called the OT)
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Didn't Conservapedia get massive blowback for suggesting editing the bible to suit a conservative narrative? Apparently now the wingnuts are ready for clerical blasphemy on top of civil blasphemy...
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When there's more than one way to interpret something, its meaning is clearly not fixed.

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(07-13-2021, 02:04 AM)Phaedrus Wrote: When there's more than one way to interpret something, its meaning is clearly not fixed.

Yeah but you want to be working from an accurate translation.
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Accurate translations are exceedingly difficult when the sources are unreliable.
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Reminds me of my time in Catholic grammar school when I had to read a bowdlerized edition of The St. Jerome's Bible.  Dodgy
“I expect to pass this way but once; any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” (Etienne De Grellet)
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(07-13-2021, 01:53 AM)jerry mcmasters Wrote: I heard they came out with a bible edition for militant right wingers that doesn't include that pacifist pansy Jesus.  

(It's called the OT)

He's called "Hippy Jesus", and I kid you not, we used to have a poster here who used that phrase.
He got bann-ed. Tongue
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Right.


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