I guess there is going to some more specifications on gays and gay marriage, since "it's in the Bible!" isn't a legitimate argument.

So their gonna attempt to rewrite out liberal parts of a book that was translated (poorly) multiply times over the last thousand and a half years or so to make it more like it was/should have been?. The videos been dubbed a little to many times me thinks.

Hell id love to see there thoughts on the real, original, un-altered Genesis... it would have some right wing Christians having absolute fits.

To me the king james version is one of the best, but even it has large parts exercised, mis-translated and mis-interpreted due to confusion of meanings. At least I understand that and dont generate what I believe on a single source.

Some people and their actions are completely mind numbingly stupid.

Hmm pardon the second post, but just realized something...

What the heck are they gonna do with the new testament?... I mean its about this really liberal guy right, who preaches forgiveness, tolerance, peace and didnt like banks to much.



[edit on 5-10-2009 by BigfootNZ]

At first I thought the authors were confusing the different definitions due to the fact 'liberal' and 'conservative' in terms of Christianity is not the same as 'liberal' and 'conservative' in the realm of politics.

When we say 'liberal Christianity' we don't mean Christians who support abortion, universal health care, and higher taxes to support social program. 'Liberal Christianity' consists of modern interpretations like Jesus wasn't really born of a virgin, Jesus didn't really die and rise again, here's no such thing as Hell- those are all just metaphors.

When we say 'conservative Christianity' (or 'fundamental' Christianity), we don't mean pro-life, low tax favoring, limited federal government Christians. We mean we believe the Bible teaches Jesus was literally born of a virgin, He literally died and resurrected, Hell is a physical, actual place, etc..

I thought this is what the project was referring to at first because it said things like affirming Hell as a literal place and what not. But apparently it really does mean a politically conservative Bible.

Free market parables? Eliminating the word 'government?' This doesn't look good at all. In fact, I think it's very sad. Politics can be interesting to keep tabs on or to engage in debates but for a Christian, it should not be the end and be all where we become so attached to our political views that we're actually willing to rework God's Word.

The Bible is neither conservative or liberal. It's a mix of both. In some instances it has very strict conservative principles (small government, self governance, no free hand-outs) and in other parts it is very liberal (don't be judgmental, help the less fortunate, pray for those in authority and government, environmental awareness, etc.).

If this article is accurate, it really irritates me these people are interpreting God's Word for something so temporal as politics.

I would like to point out that the link provided by Huffington Post does not work or should I say the article is deleted.

Pathetic...

are they so obsessed with their conservative world view that they don't understand that doing what they propose is no different than what they are objecting to?

The Bible has been retranslated to fit an agenda so many times that it isn't funny.

I like the King James for the richness of the language though for some passages I prefer the Revised Standard edition.

As for retranslating to fit a conservative ideology is just plain idiotic...it would be like translating it to fit a liberal or capitalist agenda. The old and new testaments are records of their times and to try and fit them into our agenda is a total misrepresentation of that reality.

I cannot claim I have tried to read anything in a foreign language except wine labels...

but I do have a DVD from sacredtexts.org that has literally thousands of religious and spiritual/mystic writings and it does have the Bible in Aramaic Greek Latin and English.

[edit on 5-10-2009 by grover]

When your religious doctrine doesn't fit your agenda, maybe your agenda isn't really religious to begin with.

Not that the King James version hasn't undergone it's fair share of editing, but I have to say the mindset of medieval peoples tended to be more pious and devout than what we have today. This "conservative" revision is highly suspect and undoubtedly self-serving.

but I do have a DVD from sacredtexts.org that has literally thousands of religious and spiritual/mystic writings and it does have the Bible in Aramaic Greek Latin and English.

That's a great site isn't it? I found myself downloading so many docs from there I decided to buy the DVD to save myself all the trouble, it's saved me a few trips to the library.