New Conservative Bible will eliminate ‘liberal’ text | Tennessean.com | The Tennessean

Putting into print what they already EDIT/ALTER in their “Bible”.  Hat tip to Ken Sloane

[Andy] Schlafly, the son of national political activist Phyllis Schlafly, says a conservative Bible should be masculine, for example, using the words mankind and man rather than more inclusive language. It also should shun terms like laborer or comrade. It also should put a free market spin on the sayings of Jesus.

Take Mark 10:25, where the King James Version says, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Liberals have used that passage to attack the wealthy, Schlafly said. The Conservative Bible substitutes "a man who cares only for money" for rich man.

"I don’t think Jesus is saying, ‘Let’s all be lazy so we can get to heaven.’ That’s not the message. And, if you translate the word rich as simply rich, some people are going to get the message that ‘I am going to be lazy so I can get to heaven easier,’ " said Schlafly

New Conservative Bible will eliminate ‘liberal’ text | tennessean.com | The Tennessean

Jim Wallis calls that “The American Bible”,  and snipping out those “unAmerican” and “anti-capitalist/free-enterprise-challenging” passages leaves it full of holes.  It becomes as “Holey Bible”.  We wouldn’t be “changing the words” of Scripture,  would we?  Of course.  We do it all the time.

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