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In a disturbing example of putting politics before faith, Conservative website Conservapedia has announced they are working on a conservative translation of the Bible. Apparently, not only is the media bias, but Bible translators have an inherent liberal bias as well. In this translation, Jesus would not say “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” because it doesn’t square with conservative thinking that all are responsible for their actions.
The group also isn’t a big fan of the story of Jesus and the adulteress, which could have been added later, but instead of waiting for the discovery of more manuscripts to bear out this controversy, Conservapedia has decided the passage was added as part of a vast left-wing conspiracy a thousand years ago. Also, the shrewd manager is no longer shrewd but “resourceful” and language that encourages “social justice” is out.
Most interesting to me was the creative tinkering they have done with John 1:16. The original verse (from the King James, which they compare it to) says “And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace.” The conservative Wikipedia knockoff has decided to change the wording a bit and has come up with this: “And by His abundance, all of us have benefited, indeed, with grace and bounty for grace and bounty.”
Yes folks, it is abundance teaching, the hallmark of conservative excuses not to do as Jesus called us to and help the poor. The abundance teachers reckon there isn’t one pie that some get a larger slice of than others on this earth, no the earth’s resources are limitless. There are several pies, all you have to do is find your pie and not be too lazy to take it. The hungry go hungry because they choose not to find food and the poor stay poor because they have no real desire to work hard and be rich. Meanwhile the rich are free to own five luxury cars, three mansions and grumble about how the government takes too much of their money.
I wonder what these fine well-meaning folks will do when they get to the verse about the camel and the eye of a needle.
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