Plagurise and Ammend my own version?
2007-09-20 01:03:24 · 14 answers · asked by Link strikes back 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I wouldn't do that if I were you.....
God warned against that in Revelation........
Curse be to you if you do such a thing.
2007-09-20 01:08:48 · answer #1 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 5⤊ 5⤋
technically, anything attributed to be the word of God is covered by copyright. remember God is a living spirit and so copyright can not expire until 70 years after the death of God. Even if the "God is dead" people from the 60's are right, it still hasn't been 70 years. However, it is considered unlikely that God would sue for infringement in a secular court, so i guess you can make changes with impunity.
2007-09-22 14:02:20 · answer #2 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Thomas Jefferson did that because he though the miracles were BS and he didn't think that Jesus was god. And I bet you thought our founders were Christian.
Here's a copy: http://www.angelfire.com/co/JeffersonBible/
Added: Where do these people get weird stuff like the guy above me. Copyrights are only good 70 years after the death of the author. There are LOTS of things in the Library of Congress that don't have copyright protection.
2007-09-20 08:17:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Legally, of course you can, and many have.
The question I have is What is the point?
If you believe (which I do not) that the Bible (a composite entity whose constituent parts are in dispute, BTW) is the word of god (what ever that means), it seems to me that you would want to get that word untampered with.
For me the Bible is ancient literature. The whole value of ancient literature is that it speaks with a voice that is foreign to me. If I tamper with it, I am not hearing the foreign voice, but just talking to myself (which is okay--sometimes--one needs an intelligent conversation--just kidding)
2007-09-20 08:29:08 · answer #4 · answered by Darrol P 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can - as long as it's not a recent edition. Editors, publishers and translators also have copyright.
2007-09-20 08:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by Andrew L 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why not. everyone else does. The only book in the library of Congress that has no copyright it the King James Bible. Even our own govt. knows God is the Author.
2007-09-20 08:12:56 · answer #6 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Sure..but read the last part of Revelation before you do.
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2007-09-21 17:03:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you could try correcting it. Actually someone tried doing that before and ommited every fallacious statement, ended up with nothing. But he stayed a bishop for some reason...
2007-09-20 08:10:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Everyone else has hence the various translations (King James, etc) so if you want to anger the BigG then go for it ;)
2007-09-20 08:11:55 · answer #9 · answered by merrywaters 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
At the end of the day, its just a big load of fiction anyway...... its only the fanatical sheep that follow without questioning that would complain!!
Go for it, send me a copy of your finished work, it can't be more fictitious than the original... lmao
2007-09-20 08:23:54 · answer #10 · answered by Sam 2 · 5⤊ 4⤋
You can do whatever you want to, but you will be judged accordingly if you try to change God's word. Rev. 22:19 If any man add to or take away--------------.
2007-09-20 08:12:54 · answer #11 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋