Comments | solarbird: So wacked that even Rod Dreher at BeliefNet is going "dude, that's wacked"

solarbird

So wacked that even Rod Dreher at BeliefNet is going "dude, that's wacked"

Oct 05, 2009 08:09

Remember Conservapedia, the repository of nuttcakery run out of Phyllis Schlafly's son Andy Schlafly's basement? They're making their own Bible, because the current one is too liberal. No, I'm not making that up, even if the link is down for the moment because they're being hammered. You can still read this article over here, wherein even BeliefNet ( Read more... )

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cow October 5 2009, 15:15:56 UTC

lulz all I have to say is Revelation 22:18-19. good luck with that, nutbars!

solarbird October 5 2009, 15:23:52 UTC

Look, I would normally never, ever, say, "Go read Rod Dreher's column," but in this case? He lists their "ten guidelines" and omg just read them.

cow October 5 2009, 15:26:14 UTC

I did! It made me go "omg crazies" even more (and confirmed the reference I made above, which is why I made it). Real Christians do not edit their holy Scripture; it's just One of Those Things. Plus I love the contradictory nature of some of the goals, so, well, glwt crazies

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hugh_mannity October 5 2009, 16:02:25 UTC

Of these three sources of errors, the last introduces the largest error, and the biggest component of that error is liberal bias. Large reductions in this error can be attained simply by retranslating the KJV into modern English.

Double Yew Tee Eff? The KJV is full of literal errors and contemporary bias.

A translation of a translation is only going to introduce more errors.

skellington1 October 5 2009, 16:04:24 UTC

Oh, dear. *giggles*

Also love the craziness at your OBJECTIVE link. Especially this...

"Any message you read claiming to be from Jim Carlson or any other OBJECTIVE: Ministries member that contains vulgarities, sexual innuendo, bad poetry, or other un-Christian sentiments is to be considered a FRAUD and ignored."

Using our friend the elipsis - "Any message...that contains...bad poetry...or other un-Christian sentiments"

I had no idea bad poetry was so unchristian! I always thought it had something to do with content.

Of course, what kind of content, sects can never agree on.

l33tminion October 5 2009, 16:09:13 UTC

Objective Ministries is a parody. I think it might actually be run by the same people who run Landover Baptist.

solarbird October 5 2009, 16:34:34 UTC

Hey, I'm just tryin' to help. ^_^

skellington1 October 5 2009, 19:03:23 UTC

I couldn't tell -- Poe's law in action, once again.

l33tminion October 5 2009, 16:06:40 UTC

Is that serious, or a parody? Either way, sounds funny.

American Republican Christians have been worshiping Republican ideology in lieu of all that Jesus stuff for years. They deserve a holy book that more accurately represents their views.

solarbird October 5 2009, 16:35:01 UTC

Conservabible? Completely serious. Objective Ministries? Not as much.

kvogel October 5 2009, 16:08:35 UTC

I'd heard about this a while back, but this is the first for details of how whack they are about it.
And while they may claim a "simple" more conservative language edition, the likely outcome will be more a complete rewrite, creating a perverse monster that they can then embrace more comfortably as a full on hate of everyone else.