A group of 52 biblical “specialists” have released a new version of the Bible in which inclusive language and “political correctness” have replaced some “divisive” teachings of Christianity in order to present a “more just language” for groups such as feminists and homosexuals.
2006-11-29 00:06:17 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's wrong people are so afraid of looking like a gay basher they are wiling to overlook this sin of perversion God doesn't need us to edit his word he needs us to follow it if they really want to help the gays they'll pray that the light of Jesus will shine on them and clear there mind so they can see their wrong and come to God Lord know someone had to pray for us when we were to stupid to pray for our self
2006-11-29 01:02:54 · answer #1 · answered by Young and Wise 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
put it this way: the original Bible contains parts (aka the loving teachings of Paul) that condone slavery (Titus 2:9-10), make women inferior in the church (1 Corinthians 14:33-35), intolerance of gays (already well-known passages), say it is an abomination for men to have long hair (1 Corinthians 11:14), etc. Obviously these are not modern teachings in the Christian church are they?
Except that last one about gays, Christians make a special exception for that one, yet neglect the other ones.....
Obviously the world has evolved from nonsense ideas listed above. Except for the little homosexuality thing. Of course people will cry "Heresy!" when one suggests that parts of the original Bible are changed into a "new Bible", but all i have to ask them is this: 1) do you own slaves? 2) do you consider long hair on men "shameful"? 3) ladies, are you inferior to us men?
2006-11-29 08:31:35 · answer #2 · answered by progrezzivisms98 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What?!
They can change the words all they want, but the teachings of Christ are the teachings of Christ!
As a sidenote, a friend of mine found a really cool thing. It's at esword.net. You can download a copy of the Bible, and then when you move your mouse over the number beside each word, you can see the Hebrew and Greek translation for it, and how they decided that it meant what it was written as.
Pretty cool, huh?
I wonder if the people rewriting the Bible can do that with their version!
2006-11-29 08:26:03 · answer #3 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a Christian, I find any perversion of God's Word hideous. As a human being, I find today's cowardly whimpering about "political correctness" to be demeaning to humanity as a whole. As a person who appreciates great literature, I find changes made for any of the aforementioned reasons to be inexcusable censorship of a great work of literature and historical signifigance.
God's Word is a living Thing. It is not a book of suggestions; it is meant to be taken at face value. What the Bible says is what God means! This is not open to interpretation, like the works of D.H. Lawerence, or the paintings of Picasso.
That said, people will what they will. Man chooses, and God laughs.
2006-11-29 08:24:18 · answer #4 · answered by therealme 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That group of specialists is no different from the group of specialists hired by King James. That group changed the text to fit the time and we are still trying to adhere to that text. In years to come people will be trying to adhere to this new version as well. The sad thing is...we as a people may never know what the original text really said. We can only trust and believe that we will be forgiven our sins, because Lord knows, we don't know what our sins really are.
2006-11-29 08:15:36 · answer #5 · answered by Adrienne C 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
So they are the next to create their own idea of God's word. God is the same yesterday today and tommorow and his word will always be with us. Many would choose to believe a lie rather than seek the truth. There is nothing new under the sun.
2006-11-29 08:15:46 · answer #6 · answered by djmantx 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
So all these people here don't have a problem with the fact that the most common bible is the King James version. He changed the bible in the middle ages. Don't you...christians have problem with that Or does 400 years or so make it ok
2006-11-29 08:12:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Please cite your "source".
The Bible's been published and republished and the language reinterpreted plenty of times. If you read the King James Version, the New Standard Revision, the New Way...they all use different words that carry slightly different meanings. What's one more?!
2006-11-29 08:12:47 · answer #8 · answered by FL LMT 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Isn't there a verse in Revelation that says if you add or modify the things in the Bible, you're damned?
2006-11-29 08:09:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I'v never seen that. My King James version doesn't change. So what's your point?
2006-11-29 08:09:56 · answer #10 · answered by Shari 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋