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jasondrake ([personal profile] jasondrake) wrote2005-02-16 09:10 am

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Bible Translation Stirs Gender Debate

Author: Robin Galiano Russell, KRT Source: Fort Wayne News Sentinel (IN)

Title: BIBLE TRANSLATION STIRS GENDER DEBATE

The release of a new Bible translation this month pushes to the forefront a hair-splitting debate among evangelical Christians. Depending on whom you ask, the Today's New International Version Bible is either a way to connect with a new generation or a paean to the feminist agenda.

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[identity profile] xamses.livejournal.com 2005-02-16 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Dammit, Jesus was a fat black woman!

WHO THE FUCK CARES?

[identity profile] aw4249.livejournal.com 2005-02-16 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
You know, it's kind of pointless. Even if the language of the Bible becomes gender neutral the content is still heavily anti-women.

[identity profile] claflin.livejournal.com 2005-02-16 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Only if you leave out all the books that the Catholic Church did, to make it that way and then used a non-contextual literal translation.