All I can think is that they're going to end up with a result like the chopped-up Hamlet in Connie Willis's "Ado", with two lines about the weather. Or, well, two lines about hell and damnation in this case, I guess.
Combat Harmful Addiction: combating addiction by using modern terms for it, such as "gamble" rather than "cast lots";
I can't WAIT to see how they describe the choosing of Matthias as the apostle to replace Judas, without implying by this rule that the other 11 Apostles were sinful gamblers ;)
Well, I can't say that I'm surprised since there are people who in all seriousness complain about other people referencing Hebrew, Greek, or Aramaic when talking about the Bible because "if English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me." (The original Bible was the King James version after all.)
The funny thing is, it makes sense from the perspective that it's very difficult for conservative fundamentalists to claim with a straight face that they're Biblical literalists, what with all those pesky lines that don't adhere to conservative orthodoxy. So of course, rather than reconsider their orthodoxy, they'd prefer to change the Bible so that they can take *that* Bible literally.
"These jokers don't worship God. They worship ideology."
Sums it up right there.
I'm going to send this over to dominionism, dark_christian and unfunnybusiness over on JF, to say nothing of Daily Kos. All those people will know what to make of this.
So far, no one has posted it to unfunnybusiness or the two LJ communities. However, someone beat me to posting it to Daily Kos (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/10/5/789941/-Wingnuts-Rewriting-the-Bible-to-Make-it-Less-Liberal). Their diary has 900 comments and counting and has been on the recommended list since 3:30 EDT today.
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All I can think is that they're going to end up with a result like the chopped-up Hamlet in Connie Willis's "Ado", with two lines about the weather. Or, well, two lines about hell and damnation in this case, I guess.
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I can't WAIT to see how they describe the choosing of Matthias as the apostle to replace Judas, without implying by this rule that the other 11 Apostles were sinful gamblers ;)
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Naah, "One potato, two potato ... ."
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Many theologians would agree that yes, this is that logic.
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Sums it up right there.
I'm going to send this over to
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*sound of head hitting desk*
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Wow, now I know what instant white-hot rage feels like!