I would direct your attention to The Conservative Bible Project:
http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project
You have to hand it to conservative Christians. Through the miracle of redefinition, they can wiggle themselves out of any tight spots they find themselves in. We’re all already familiar with their efforts over the years to rewrite the history of science to confirm their beliefs. Now they have embarked on a truly radical venture: rewriting the New Testament!
Yes, they’ve decided that they don’t like all that stuff about forgiveness and giving to the poor. They are in the mood to smite their enemies, not to love them. As much as they would like to call themselves Christians, and would like ours to be a Christian nation, Christ’s teachings need a little tweaking. What these folks really would like to do is to strip away from Jesus all that makes him Jesus, and roll back morality to its Old Testament condition.
Indeed, it would probably be easier to say, “Oops! New Testament? Big mistake!” But of course, that would leave conservative Christians in a real pickle. They’d all be Jews. Conservative Christians don't want the New Testament, but they still need Jesus. Unbelievers like me have long said that we create God in our own image. But I really wasn't expecting so blatant an example.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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