New Gender-Neutral Bible Stirs Controversy

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[RogueIsland]

"Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's life partner" perhaps?

[goldstategop]

God was the original sexist. Film at 11.

[Utah Girl]

Oh, ick. I was taught while reading the Bible growing up that girls and women were included, just take the "he" pronouns as meaning both sexes. As far as changing "the Son of God" to the Human One, I take offense at that one. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and all the gender PC junk isn't going to change that fact...

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

Anne Eggebroten is author of "Abortion: My Choice, God's Grace

You have got to be kidding me. At least this version of the NIV doesn't go as far as those other volumes mentioned by the author, those versions are disgusting. Just checked, My New American Bible has none of these gender changes that the author seems so proud of. But where does this woman come from, lecturing us on the need for inclusion in the Bible, what about the unborn. God Bless

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

Editor's Note: The following is a commentary. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily the views of Women's Enews.

does anyone buy this

[IronJack]

one wonders why James Dobson is holding out for a male God and men-only in passages that describe the early Christian community.

Maybe James Dobson isn't "holding out" as much as you and your revisionist ninny friends are blaspheming Holy Writ. Maybe he shouldn't be defending a Bible that has endured 500 years; maybe you should be defending one that tries to read like Marvel Comics.

Is the command "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God . . ." so fragile that it is impaired by loss of the masculine tone?

First of all, there is no "masculine tone" to that commandment. None. It is symptomatic that that charge exists only in your head.

Secondly, is the place of women so fragile that they can't celebrate the feminine heroism in the Bible and leave the masculine virtues intact? Are women so petty they must recast God Himself to suit the whims of a vacuous minority?

[Paul Atreides]

With so many Bible translators and major publishing houses committed to giving the Scriptures a voice that appeals to women today, one wonders why James Dobson is holding out for a male God and men-only in passages that describe the early Christian community. Is the command "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God . . ." so fragile that it is impaired by loss of the masculine tone?

One wonders why the offended women just can't accept the original scripture and quit being so fragile. Do they really hate the thought of respecting a male that much?

[RightOnline]

"Actually, Zondervan's is "the last translation to get on the gender-accuracy train," says Mimi Haddad, president of Christians for Biblical Equality, a group working to overcome sex bias in Christian churches."

Words damned near fail me.................................................................................................................but not quite.

Who in the hell is this group of drooling morons that would DARE to inject bulls**t political correctness in The Holy Bible?????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm just getting started......................ggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Paul Atreides]

Call me crazy but, I am guessing that Mimi is all for abortion and having homosexual clergy.

[DallasMike]

Maybe James Dobson isn't "holding out" as much as you and your revisionist ninny friends are blaspheming Holy Writ.

Maybe I blinked or something, but I sure don't recall redsoxallthewayintwothousand2 (or his/her ninny friends) blaspheming anything. Another thread perhaps?

[goldstategop]

God is a pro abort Lesbo.

[Jorge]

It's true... while some people are changed by the Word of God, others are busy trying to change the Word of God to suit themselves.

[goldstategop]

Yup, Satan is so deceptive he appears as a Minister of Light to con the faithful into seeing evil as good.

[shaggy eel]

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[cva66snipe]

I would say Zondervan Publishing House has just committed fiancial suicide and has lost any intergrity and good reputation it may have aquired over the years in Christian publications. It's going to cost them plenty in future book deals as not too many writters will want their name associated with Zondervan. I'll be looking for their name and will not buy their products.

[IronJack]

Post was directed to subject of article, not to poster.

[AmericaUnited]

Original: Genesis 2:22-25 "The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.'' For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed."

New: Genesis 2:22-25 "The LORD God fashioned into person#2 the rib which He had taken from person#1, and brought person#2 to person#1. Person#1 said, "This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; Person#2 shall be called WoPerson, Because person#2 was taken out of Person#1.'' For this reason a person shall leave their parent person and their other parent person, and be joined to the other person; and they shall become one flesh. And person#1 and person#2 were both naked and were not ashamed."

YEECH!

[yooper]

Even a big time liberal like Garrison Keillor has lampooned the practice of re-writing scripture to make it less offensive to certain easily offended groups. The Lake Wobegon religious community was the recipient of a new age type religious text which "translated" chiseled scripture into a paragraph of meaningless loonacy; Wobegonians characteristically said nothing, but discarded the tracts and went about their lives.....

[John Locke]

... the King James Version--which reads exactly as it did when it was published in 1611.

Amen to that.