As callista and i watched what dc weather says will be 12 to 22 inches of snow i wondered if God was sending a message about copenhagen — Newt Gingrich (via Twitter) Perhaps Newt should have his local haruspex interpret the sacrificial entrails just to be sure.
Category: Religion
Yet another sign of the times
Someone recently can across this web site by searching for the string, “Jesus, please give me some numbers that will win me lotteries tonight“. I’m not exactly sure what to make of this…
A lifetime of depravity
More Popular than Jesus
(from an email discussion) Results 1 – 10 of about 194,000,000 for jesus Results 1 – 10 of about 76,000,000 for beatles So Jesus is more popular than the Beatles. But wait.. Results 1 – 10 of about 43,600,000 for “jesus christ” According to Google, the Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ. Maybe John … Continue reading “More Popular than Jesus”
The Conservative Bible Project
(from the this is for real and not from the Onion dept.)
(via Pharyngula)
Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations. There are three sources of errors in conveying biblical meaning:
- lack of precision in the original language, such as terms underdeveloped to convey new concepts of Christianity
- lack of precision in modern language
- translation bias in converting the original language to the modern one.
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.[1]
As of 2009, there is no fully conservative translation of the Bible which satisfies the following ten guidelines:[2]
- Framework against Liberal Bias: providing a strong framework that enables a thought-for-thought translation without corruption by liberal bias
- Not Emasculated: avoiding unisex, “gender inclusive” language, and other modern emasculation of Christianity
- Not Dumbed Down: not dumbing down the reading level, or diluting the intellectual force and logic of Christianity; the NIV is written at only the 7th grade level[3]
- Utilize Powerful Conservative Terms: using powerful new conservative terms as they develop;[4] defective translations use the word “comrade” three times as often as “volunteer”; similarly, updating words which have a change in meaning, such as “word”, “peace”, and “miracle”.
- Combat Harmful Addiction: combating addiction by using modern terms for it, such as “gamble” rather than “cast lots”;[5] using modern political terms, such as “register” rather than “enroll” for the census
- Accept the Logic of Hell: applying logic with its full force and effect, as in not denying or downplaying the very real existence of Hell or the Devil.
- Express Free Market Parables; explaining the numerous economic parables with their full free-market meaning
- Exclude Later-Inserted Liberal Passages: excluding the later-inserted liberal passages that are not authentic, such as the adulteress story
- Credit Open-Mindedness of Disciples: crediting open-mindedness, often found in youngsters like the eyewitnesses Mark and John, the authors of two of the Gospels
- Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness: preferring conciseness to the liberal style of high word-to-substance ratio; avoid compound negatives and unnecessary ambiguities; prefer concise, consistent use of the word “Lord” rather than “Jehovah” or “Yahweh” or “Lord God.”
Thus, a project has begun among members of Conservapedia to translate the Bible in accordance with these principles. The translated Bible can be found here.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
— William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)
Ignorant or Lying
I find his lack of faith disturbing
Pat Robertson has heart surgery “The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) announced today that its founder and Chairman, Pat Robertson, has returned home after extensive heart surgery at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst, NC. Mr. Robertson has suffered a condition known as atrial fibrillation, an often-debilitating heart disorder involving shortness of breath and weakness affecting … Continue reading “I find his lack of faith disturbing”
Gog? Magog? Bush? WTF?
Bush’s Shocking Biblical Prophecy Emerges: God Wants to “Erase” Mid-East Enemies “Before a New Age Begins” In 2003 while lobbying leaders to put together the Coalition of the Willing, President Bush spoke to France’s President Jacques Chirac. Bush wove a story about how the Biblical creatures Gog and Magog were at work in the Middle … Continue reading “Gog? Magog? Bush? WTF?”
Don’t look at it. Shut your eyes
(from the consider the source dept.) ‘Ark of the Covenant’ about to be unveiled? The patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia says he will announce to the world Friday the unveiling of the Ark of the Covenant, perhaps the world’s most prized archaeological and spiritual artifact, which he says has been hidden away in … Continue reading “Don’t look at it. Shut your eyes”
Linux for the Damned
Ubuntu Satanic Edition 666.6 (Jesus’ Jugular) Review We’ve looked at a couple of religious based distributions such as Ubuntu: Christian Edition and Ubuntu: Muslim Edition. But there’s another version of Ubuntu…a dark and evil one. A version so hideous and so terrible that it’s name is only spoken in whispers among Linux users…