tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post3088628017773308495..comments2023-12-25T01:24:48.957-05:00Comments on Republic of Gilead: Gay-Friendly Queen James Bible ReleasedAhabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-63483793153055055762012-12-14T23:42:20.927-05:002012-12-14T23:42:20.927-05:00Whatever that point is, any honest translation or ...Whatever that point is, any <i>honest</i> translation or interpretation of the Bible is clearly far beyond it. Hence my analogy. A gay-friendly Bible is as absurd and impossible as a Jewish-friendly <b>Mein Kampf</b>. We need to repudiate the Bible, not make ludicrous and vain efforts to twist it into something benign.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-68349265129580668612012-12-14T17:34:26.639-05:002012-12-14T17:34:26.639-05:00Grundy -- The Religious Right will probably hate i...Grundy -- The Religious Right will probably hate it -- but that gives us one more reason to like it!Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-15001763132421823232012-12-14T17:30:53.565-05:002012-12-14T17:30:53.565-05:00Holy crap, I love it!Holy crap, I love it!Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339125862340793733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-37031861927774918152012-12-14T12:43:24.785-05:002012-12-14T12:43:24.785-05:00Wise Fool -- I'm delighted that the editors wa...Wise Fool -- I'm delighted that the editors want to challenge religious homophobia, but some of their weaker arguments could end up undermining them (such as the statistically igsignificant observation). I hope the Queen James Bible leads to less homophobia in religious circles and more self-acceptance among LGBTQ Christians, however.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-58809505900764569192012-12-14T11:34:48.181-05:002012-12-14T11:34:48.181-05:00I've got mixed feelings about this as well. I...I've got mixed feelings about this as well. I read over their explanations for their changes, and I am not sold. While I do think the Sodom and Gomorrah take is accurate, the other ones are, in my opinion, less so. Some of the verbiage on their website is a bit odd; like pointing out that it's only eight versus out of thousandths which are used to condemn homosexuality, as if being statistically insignificant made it untrue. If that was the case, we'd have to drop John 3:16 too.<br /><br />On the other hand, I applaud the effort to make a Bible with is more accepting of people's natures, to provide for more civil discourse and discussion on the matter, and to present a more loveable version of God. Because ultimately the version of God people worship is usually closely aligned with their own personalities, so promoting a more tolerant God can't be a bad thing.TWFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016277303703254572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-56426790147186421212012-12-14T09:56:37.421-05:002012-12-14T09:56:37.421-05:00Infidel753 -- I'll admit that I'm ambivale...Infidel753 -- I'll admit that I'm ambivalent about the Queen James Bible. On one hand, it's a commendable attempt by the LGBTQs to reclaim a scripture that has been used to condemn them. Their aim is to resist homophobia, which I respect. On the other hand, I worry that they are ignoring some genuinely homophoboc passages. We need to see scripture for what it is, not what we wish it to be. At what point does one conclude that a scripture is so broken that it can't be fixed?Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-60143164483320510872012-12-14T09:53:44.667-05:002012-12-14T09:53:44.667-05:00Donna -- I don't know if King James I was trul...Donna -- I don't know if King James I was truly bisexual, but it's an intriguing idea. He was known to have very close friendships with several men in his court, leading some to speculate that they were romantic.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-67490337438819118502012-12-14T09:38:48.925-05:002012-12-14T09:38:48.925-05:00King James bisexual? Wow, had not heard this theor...King James bisexual? Wow, had not heard this theory. Interesting because the KJV seems to be the choice of a lot of right wing fundamentalists--Including the Mormons..Donna Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271377907141866718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-46951851354879103792012-12-14T07:53:57.434-05:002012-12-14T07:53:57.434-05:00Next project: A new translation of Mein Kampf edi...Next project: A new translation of <b>Mein Kampf</b> edited to remove or soften the anti-Jewish passages.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com