The American Patriot’s Bible
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
{I came across this knowledge thanks to Tad Delay. Definitely check out his post about it for a fuller review.}
There is a new ‘themed’ Bible to hit the shelves, this one based on linking the story of the Bible to the history of the U.S. (you know how our country is founded on Christian principles and have been living by those principles ever since—happily excluding all the screw ups of the U.S.)
I am ashamed and awe-struck at this abomination of the holy word of God. If Jesus was still in the grave he would definitely be rolling over right now.
Check out Tad’s post, he has some quotes from it, the aside boxes that are supposed enclose sound commentary for the reader are filled with right wing evangelical fundamentalist propoganda, to the point of defamation & heresy. I wouldn’t be surprised to find a comment that links some scripture to God’s approval of exploitative oil drilling in Alaska.
No. 1 — May 22nd, 2009 at 8:37 am
Barf.
No. 2 — June 2nd, 2009 at 10:21 am
I remember once in high school I brought my NIV Student Bible to school and my Jewish friend saw it. He looked at it with this really odd expression: “What’s all this other stuff?” “Um, it’s just commentary–it explains difficult stuff…” He was definitely troubled. (Shortly after that I learned about the long history of commentaries on the Torah that surrounded the Scripture text in much the same way. Nevertheless, a FAR cry from the glossy God & Dating insert in my NIV.)
No. 3 — June 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 am
Most of the commentary filled Torahs are complilation of commentaries from the centuries. They are filled with the gold standard of interpretations not the latest fad or attempt to reach a ‘market share’. But go try to find a new Bible that isn’t like that, the best bet is the used book store for something pre 1970s.