PETA: Hey, Let’s Change Bible to Include More Animal Friendly Language!
- Posted on March 27, 2011 at 3:58pm by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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If this proposal goes anywhere, it would be the second PC-inspired assault on the Good Book in less than a month–the first one being that the New International Version of the Bible will now use “gender neutral” language.
Gothamist reports:
After they heard that the latest translation of the New International Version of the Bible will now use gender-inclusive language such as “he or she” instead of just “he”, PETA saw an opportunity to change one other thing. The organization has petitioned the Committee on Bible Translation to suggest that its next translation remove “speciesist” language, by referring to animals as “he or she” instead of “it.”
CNN spoke to PETA rep Bruce Friedrich who said, “When the Bible moves toward inclusively in one area … it wasn’t much of a stretch to suggest they move toward inclusively in this area.”
Friedrich, a practicing Roman Catholic, said, “Language matters. Calling an animal ‘it’ denies them something. They are beloved by God. They glorify God.”
“God’s covenant is with humans and animals. God cares about animals,” Friedrich said. “I would think that’s a rather unanimous opinion among biblical scholars today, where that might not have been the case 200 years ago.”
Friedrich, who is also a vegan and suggests the Bible promotes vegetarianism, puts a religious face on PETA’s ethical arguments.
“What happens in slaughterhouses mocks God,” he said. People know intuitively that “animals are ‘who’ not ‘what.’ … Acknowledging it would better align our practices with our beliefs.”
David Berger, the dean of Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel graduate school of Jewish studies, said making the shift in English PETA is requesting would be difficult given the nature of ancient Hebrew.
“In Hebrew all nouns are gender-specific. So the noun for chair is masculine and the noun for earth is feminine. There’s simply no such thing as a neutral noun,” Berger told CNN. “It’s unusual to have a noun that would indicate the sex of the animal.”
Over at the website Weasel Zippers, we are confronted with a very pointed question: “How many overwhelmingly leftist PETA members actually read the Bible?”
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Comments (435)
jordy2010
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:47pmI’m seriously thinking about becoming a vegetarian……not because I love animals…..but because I HATE plants!!!!!!!
Report Post »DeepThought
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 9:14amAll green things must die.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:44pmHas the earth already flipped off it’s axis while I was sleeping? Something is in disarray, I know that much.
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:44pmPete A. Tied his ass to a tree and walked into Town as not to offend anyone…..Oh No Here come the tree Huggers Is nothing sacred
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:40pmThe NIV is now worthless. Hey, so is PETA.
Report Post »W@nd@
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:38pmIf they read it?….
Report Post »It would have to be interpreted by the talking Jackass…!
Because i don’t believe that you… trying to interpret anything from the Word/Bible
in you own thinking avails very much…TRUTH!
You cannot get understanding of the Bible through mental assent!
Through the hEARt man believes to right standing because
God put an ear in your hEARt to hear the Word (close up and personal)
because of love…the Word came out of love to the World!
HE is smarter than us and
it was for His purposes
that He did it that way….
and if you think about it
it is pretty awesome! the way He did it….
end of story!
mrsmileyface
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:37pmIm hoping that the people who post here already know that the asylum doors have been opened, pandora’s box , whatever you want to name it. The crazies feel safe spouting out their crazy talk. But thats all it is crazy talk. If they want to make a church and pray to the animals let them. In the end they STILL have to answer to GOD.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:36pmCome on, you jack wagons, change it! I dare you!
That will tick GOD off something fierce and then HE WILL answer my prayers and starting taking you a$$$$ out!
Just do it! : )
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 4:30pmso, so funny. God, if there is a God is laughing his butt off at the antics of the ants that are scurrying around. IF there is a God, he’s saying “I warned them and warned them.”
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:35pmPuh-LEEZ
Report Post »quicker
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:29pmAbout a year or so ago some peta group or somesuch tryed to protest a biker club in Pa.Didn`t turn out so go for them.Look it up good for a good laugh
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:52pmthe event you mentioned :) Have a good laugh
“They peed on me!!!” charged one activist. “They grabbed me, said I looked like I was French, started calling me ‘La Trene’, and duct taped me to a tree so they could pee on me all day!”
Report Post »“I…I was trying to show my outrage at a man with a heavy leather jacket, and he…he didn’t even care. I called him a murderer, and all he said was, ‘You can’t prove that.’ Next thing I know he forced me to ride on the back of his motorcycle all day, and would not let me off, because his girl friend was out of town and I was almost a woman.”
Still others claimed they were forced to eat hamburgers and hot dogs under duress. Those who resisted were allegedly held down while several bikers “farted on their heads.”
TXPilot
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:04pm@RANDY…..great story…..and I’m going to assume from reading it, that in addition to all their other shortcomings, liberals also just can’t take a good joke….better to be farted on, than beaten with a tire tool, which I would think would be much more the motorcycle gangmembers standard operating procedure.
Report Post »Amren
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 1:59pmWhoever it was that said, “ I was almost a woman”, is probably closer to being a woman than a man! A man would have, at least, put up some kind of fight; even though he might get his butt kicked! I don’t believe there are any Men in PETA. I’m pretty sure any males involved with it must relinquish their sack upon entry. In fact, they’re probably required to eat it to prove their distaste for masculinity and humanity.
Report Post »Same with the Libs.
Leave my Bible alone.
delhoghe
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:29pmAnyone who relies on P.E.T.A or the N.I.V bible for accuracy is well deserving of whatever confusion comes their way. Truth ( A.I.S.I.)
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:25pmI’m going to be politically incorrect here. PETA…. go scr_w yourselves. Animals are not our equals. We were told by God to rule over them. Humanity was given permission by God to eat meat with Noah.
Report Post »frank002
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:20pmI have a suggestion for those brain-damaged PETANS ( as opposed to L. Ron Hubbard’s THETANS). Why don’t you idiots also change that peaceful, loving book of the religion of pieces? I bet if you propose it to Ayatollah Hussein Obama he will make it into law.
Report Post »hgaut
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:18pmReally? No really? I use to respect PETA but this is way to stupid for words. I‘m invloved in abused animal rescue and love them to death but don’t mess with the word of God. We worship the Creator not the creation.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:47pmYou used to respect PETA? Do a little digging and you will find that at their most radical they advocate for no pet ownership, abolishment of meat as a food staple, elimination of hunting or animal control of any type, and onward…. They have never been balanced regarding good stewardship. They would have to destroy the Word of God in order for their advocacies to be realized.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 7:14pmHGAUT,
Report Post »I too do animal rescue.
I have always wondered if PETA and other supposed “Animal Rights Org.” got their way and we all became Vegans…, what would be the reason for domesticated cattle, pigs, and fowl to even exist on ranches and farms?
Would they not just fade into extinction?
Marylou7
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:18pmOnce you change it…IT’S NOT THE BIBLE.
Report Post »Xyskalla
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 7:10pmI guess I’ve bought my last NIV.
Report Post »kmichaels
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:17pmIf animals are worthy of a bible, they should write their own.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:37pmInteresting.
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:46pmThe cows did. Strange thing is, in theirs god created cows in his likeness.
Report Post »beboc1
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:10pm@ NON-SEQUITUR
You have enough light and warmth down there in your mom’s cellar? Or do I have you pegged wrong?
Report Post »football lady
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:16pmDo these simpletons even know what the Bible is?
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:19pmI doubt it
Report Post »SoCal Patriot
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:14pmPETA = People for the Eating of Tasty Animals
I love animals…they’re delicious.
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 10:39amI could go for a nice juicy steak right now.
Report Post »Anth104
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:09pm“and the father slaughtered (licked?) the fatted calf to celebrate his son’s safe return.”
Report Post »Gee, I wonder what would translate well?
Showtime
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:21pmIt‘s called a pig pickin’!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:09pmThen God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Report Post »Rule over, not ruled by.
Guerrino_P
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 7:22pmGONZO. I’m finally with you on this one. If animals were not meant to eaten why then do they taste so good? Leave the Bible the way it is. A non-historical document.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:08pm‘“Friedrich, a practicing Roman Catholic, said, “Language matters. Calling an animal ‘it’ denies them something. They are beloved by God. They glorify God.” “God’s covenant is with humans and animals. What happens in slaughterhouses mocks God”
I agee with this guy..
Showtime
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:32pmThe people who wrote the Bible don’t.
Report Post »beboc1
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:13pm@ BAIKONUR
Report Post »It’s really going to be funny when scientists discover that plants are sentient. What are these dopes going to eat then?
DTOM_Jericho
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 3:05amRead how the covenant between Elohim(god) and Avraham was completed. You will no longer agree with that guy you quoted.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:07pmHey PETA, why don’t you leave the Bible alone and write an animal friendly koran ?
Report Post »Or maybe write your own holy book WITHOUT help from the God and holy Book you so despise ?
Rob
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:11pmHow about a PEOPLE friendly Koran.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:19pmRob, EXACTLY my thought!
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:22pmHey Rob… YOU’RE the one with the best rebuttal so far! Thanks for that insight.
Report Post »t00nces2
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:24pmNice! Great point! Might get in the way of the whole “blowing up Jews and innocent people will get me to heaven” ideology.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:25pmRob
Report Post »How about a PEOPLE friendly Koran.
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Can’t be done because “ PEOPLE ” includes women :-(
but I’d like to see ugly hairy nude PETA women standing outside Neiman Marcus holding signs like
“ mullahs kill women for fun ”
walkwithme1966
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:26pmThis is really the stupidest idea I have ever heard – leave the Bible alone!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-Nx
Report Post »liberalsarealiens
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:06pmHey PETA, want to go hunting with me?
PETA= idiots! Enough said about that!
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 7:32pmIf PETA needs to be useful to animals, they should teach Deer to run away from headlights.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 7:42pmI wonder why they don’t say this about the Quran? Is it they may be afraid of ending up on AL Jazzeer having thier head removed with a plastic spoon?
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 9:24pmHey peta your already in the Bible in “Matthew 21, v 5″ — ” The King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an A$$”
Report Post »SAM1
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 4:02pmPeople
Report Post »Enjoying the
Taste of
Animals
doncorleone
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 7:47pmHow about the “twilight zone” episode, “to serve man”. P.eople E.ating T.asty A.ctivists (a few of them on the menu might shut their stupid pieholes). Since absurdity is their reality, and they’ve gone all biblical, absurdity begets absurdity.
Report Post »QuietTexan
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:04pmI think the last sentence pretty well sums it up.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:09pmYes, it sure does.
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:24pmWhy don’t you throw out that King James “Version” and get back to the REAL Bible??
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:37pmQUIETTEXAN,
Report Post »Yes it does. I do not know what to think about this latest PETA debacle.
I know that animals have emotions. I know they feel pain. I know they sense their demise whether it be at the farm or the slaughterhouse.
I think that we SHOULD find ways to painlessly kill. I think that we should not eat veal, or any other animal that has not experienced life before we slaughter it.
Vast humane improvements need to be made in the way we treat our “FOOD” animals. They do deserve a semblance of life before slaughter.
Work on that.
We do not need to change the Bible.
Robert-CA
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 8:16pmFinally our problems are solved .
Report Post »GIDEON612
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 9:02pmRevelation 22:18-20 (King James Version)
18For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
19And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:02pmBlasphemers
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 8:24amBless us O Lord and these, Thy gifts from Thy bounty. Amen. Please pass the pork chops Mom.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 10:08amI guess they would prefer Abraham sacrifice Isaac and save the Ram.
Report Post »calamari12
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:01pmReally? Do I need to say anything? This is INSANE!! Stop watering down the Word of GOD!!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:04pmThis makes me so mad, I just want to kick my dog…uh oh…he heard me…..Down Rover!!!….no biting!!!!…..arghhhhhh!!!!!
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:08pmSo now we can say that Samson killed 600 with the jawbone of a PETA member.
Report Post »Rob
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:10pmI HATE liberals.
lovenfl3
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:12pmNo you don’t Clamari12, that about covers it. These libs are complete loons. Peta is such a joke.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=619wI12Ky20
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:14pmP eople
E ating
T asty
A nimals
Showtime
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:14pmThey have absolutely run out of something to say! Oh, wait! There’s still the leash laws for them to jump all over! Completely undignified for an animal to be on a leash, isn’t it?
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:14pmIf you can rewrite history why can’t you rewrite the Bible? Propaganda knows no bounds. http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:17pm@TXPilot
Report Post »Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:04pm
This makes me so mad, I just want to kick my dog…uh oh…he heard me…..Down Rover!!!….no biting!!!!…..arghhhhhh!!!!!
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I know you better than that by your comments. Besides, Texas pilots don’t kick their dogs!
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:18pmShowtime
Report Post »Completely undignified for an animal to be on a leash, isn’t it?
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There you go… no leash for dogs thats the San Fransisco thing..unless the leash ;-) is on men, then its a San Fransisco thing :D
CatB
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:18pm@ROB…
I Agree .. well said!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:18pm@CHEEZ
Report Post »Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:14pm
P eople
E ating
T asty
A nimals
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Why don‘t you just internationally piss ’em off? Don’t be shy about it.
CatB
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:19pmWhy don’t they go “pick on” the Koran .. I’m sure that would go over “well” … and take care of the PETA problem once and for all.
Report Post »t00nces2
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:20pmWe should chang ethe name of the Holy Bible to the Holly Bibble to more firmly cement the proposed changes. That way we would know when we were reading the totally outdated Bible instead of the new and improved Bibble.
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:20pmHow long before sacrificing a zucchini becomes offensive too?
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:26pmAnimals are now “who”? You’ve got to be kidding me! These people have never read God’s Word, obviously! Go back to the original language, and it will put lie to all of this nonsense!!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:28pmPatrick in AZ
Report Post »How long before sacrificing a zucchini becomes offensive too?
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You mean the vegetable , right ?
Showtime
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:28pmMaybe they should take as look at the Koran and think about how Christians are to be treated. After all, Christians and Americans, being **** sapiens, are members of the animal kingdom.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:29pmlets do it…do these idiots know how great medium rare lamb chops taste…how about 3 inch thick medium rare porter house is a tribute to GOD ! these aholes probably prefer the Inca concept of sacrificing virgins…good luck on finding one today…
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:29pmI love my animals and treat them like children, I help the humane societies and will do all I can to help with the inhumane treatment of animals. But PETA goes so off the wall that they are an embarassment to the Genuine cause of helping Animals. Peta has truly become a joke. It is organizatiions like them that actually hamper the cause of what “NORMAL” people want to do to protect animals.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:30pm@Patrick in AZ
Report Post »Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:20pm
How long before sacrificing a zucchini becomes offensive too?
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Zucchini is already offensive.
Broccoli? Not so much!
sooner12
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:41pm@ TXPILOT
That was great!!!!!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:54pm@SHOWTIME…….Calm down there buddy…..nothing wrong with having a little fun in the face of stupidity, and yes, we pilots in TX don’t kick our dogs, because they are way too big and mean from eating the liberals we feed them here.
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:57pmP.E.T.A. Vs a biker club
“They peed on me!!!” charged one activist. “They grabbed me, said I looked like I was French, started calling me ‘La Trene’, and duct taped me to a tree so they could pee on me all day!”
Report Post »“I…I was trying to show my outrage at a man with a heavy leather jacket, and he…he didn’t even care. I called him a murderer, and all he said was, ‘You can’t prove that.’ Next thing I know he forced me to ride on the back of his motorcycle all day, and would not let me off, because his girl friend was out of town and I was almost a woman.”
Still others claimed they were forced to eat hamburgers and hot dogs under duress. Those who resisted were allegedly held down while several bikers “farted on their heads.”
Islesfordian
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:02pmMeat is murder,
tasty, tasty murder
Report Post »LAM2
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:11pmFrom where exactly do the PETA folks think God got those animal skins to cover Adam and Eve’s nakedness? Hint — first blood sacrifice required for the remission/covering of sin. Don’t get me started on the lambs, rams, goats, sheep, pigeons, etc. sacrificed at the temple (and let’s not forget that some of the meat was given to the priests to eat).
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:11pmCan people really be this stupid ? Oh yea, that’s right, these are PETA people.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:35pmPETA is a bunch of morons.
I like their advertisements, though.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:37pmDoes anyone remember “sea kittens”? :D
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:43pmProbably already said:
Genesis 1:26 ¶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So how does one make that PETA friendly without totally changing its meaning??
PETA – Please Eat Tasty Animals
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 5:48pmI am not surprised at this,afterall these are the last days/end times and Gods word is under severe attack
Report Post »nptden
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 6:11pmI wonder why the Qu’ran got a pass???..Oh, yea forgot, they mount ‘human’ heads.
Report Post »AriBenTZion
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 6:19pmPETA people – the other white meat.
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 6:27pmRead in the original languages. Problem solved.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 6:32pmTibetans, the 2010 niv is NOT gender neutral, because the original Greek ( Arimaic ) Is gender specific but often uses the same word to describe man, men, people, they, them, and female. Only the preceding words in context can be used to determine the precise meaning of the “ gender or exclusivity” of the authors intent.
Report Post »As for PETA, IT should read a bible, preferably the King James and discover that animals are for People use and stewardship, not vice versa.
Justin.Long
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 6:42pmindeed, this is just crazy this is the problem with these people they are willing to change anything, take away any right, hurt any person yea I said it to get what they want next time you get in a debate with one of these people ask them their stance on Abortion a good 99.9 % of them will be all for it hypocrite much lol
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 7:03pmMore political correctness and special interest gibberish from boneheads. When will it end.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 7:07pmI wonder when we will be calling for changes in the Qu’ran to make it more human friendly ??????
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 7:20pmspeaking of animal friendly I think I’ll go get some meat and gorge myself !!!!!!! Yummy
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 7:27pmGod commanded Adam to name the animals and to rule over them.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 7:50pmIf God didn‘t want us to eat animals he wouldn’t have made them out of meat.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 7:58pmThere is PLENTY of room for all Gods creatures,and I love them all… RIGHT NEXT TO THE DRESSING AND GRAVY!!!
Report Post »Been a PETA (people eating tasty animals) member all my life and I aint giving it up now. OH… and lets just leave the Holy Bible alone why don’t we. Most of us like it just fine the way it is.
Live_Free_orDie
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 8:33pmAnybody want to go for a nice big Rib Eye tonight???
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 8:55pmobviously peta hasn‘t read the bible or they’d be changing alot more than that.
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 9:08pmI wouldn’t trust the NIV no matter what they did. I don’t trust in now, didn’t trust it in the past, and just won’t trust it in the future.
I use the NKJV and found it to be a good translation. not completely perfect but very close, I look up in strongs concordance anything I have a question about. The world will adjust God‘s word to suit thier purposes when they do it is no longer God’s word but the worlds. It is a shame and is a sign of the times. The days were shorten so that the children of God would not be decieved. That is what Jesus himself said and now I can see why the Father has done that. Because man now is rewriting the Word of God to decieve future generations. God won’t let that happen, The truth is the truth no matter if we agree with it or not, understand it or not, and it won’t change even if we rewrite it.
They have already made a false concept of a good pride. Pride is never good in the bible, yet about 20 years ago I threw a NIV in the trash because it made pride a good thing.
www,josephfawcettart.com western artist
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 9:37pmBy what right does this Committee on Bible Translation make changes to the Bible anyway? They are the ones who should be challenged. Christians should refuse to use any Bible that has been updated by these PC freaks. There was nothing wrong with the Bibles of our ancestors. I doubt that there was intentional gender bias back then. Using a male pronoun was intended for use as a pronoun in general. Evidently there are some progressives out there who are very insecure about their own gender.
Report Post »Derfel Cadarn
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 9:44pmIf the bible is the word of god then god is not only imaginary but INSANE. If you have ever read the book you could never reconcile all the inconsistencies and murderous hatred contained it to ANY being of sound mind. Peta would fit right in as they too are delusional,a match made in heaven the insane and the delusional they will make a pretty couple.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 10:01pmYou dont change the words for any reason. Read the last chapter of Revelations
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 10:11pmRevelations 22-19. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city ,and from the things which are written in this book
Report Post »redneck
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 10:52pmThere’s a young boy who has a sixth sense, he quotes “I see dumb people”
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 11:00pmGod cares about animals,” Friedrich said. “I would think that’s a rather unanimous opinion among biblical scholars today, where that might not have been the case 200 years ago.”
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these fools can’t help talking about things they have no knowledge of.
P C BE DAMNED
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 11:07pmThis is modern day book burning. You can’t hide the truth but you can show your stupidity.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 11:22pmPETA members must be really bored. I guess they don’t have jobs or bills to pay since they get their shorts all in a knot over the most trivial things. Maybe someday they will get a meaningful life.
Report Post »Joe_Anchorage_True_American
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 11:44pmWell, when you consider the fact that many of the books of the New Testament were written by people who lied about their identity, claiming to be a famous apostle — Peter, Paul or James — what’s wrong with a little “animal friendly” language here and there?
Report Post »wesinLR
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 12:58amif they really think of animals = to humans why do they then put so many to sleep…. they are not worth the reporting… hypocrites is all they are nothing more….
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 3:08am“God’s covenant is with humans and animals”
I think you mean covenants, sacrifices and offerings were USING animals… big difference… huge.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 6:03amGod does cares about animals as a nutritious food source for humans.hmmmm… Kobe porterhouse steak,medium rare with a side of sauteed shiitake mushrooms…….
Report Post »rogerisi
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 6:45amAwesome, Rob Bell is redefining the Word, and PETA is re-writing the Word. We’re in great hands!
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 8:24amApparently this so-called practicing catholic has never read the Bibile. The very basis of the Bible is that God has a covenant with people, only an idiot of biblcal proportions would think that God has a covenant with animals.
Report Post »Schteveo
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 9:26amBesides, that, why would people who don’t believe in God any other time, SUDDENLY care about the Bible? Weird on their part, huh?
Report Post »Clive
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 11:28am“Over at the website Weasel Zippers, we are confronted with a very pointed question”
ahhh… since when do we reference a website called “weasel zippers” to publish a story. weak.
Report Post »USAMama
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 12:25pmJust another sign of the times, nothing to see here folks… please move on:
1 Timothy 4:3-4 “In the latter days some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer”
Report Post »Uncle Dave
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 1:43pm@sissykatz – Be careful when you help the humane societies, you donation is likely going through to PETA. I know the US Humane Society and many of the local ASPCA and USHS chapters donate to other animal groups, including PETA. Ask them or check thier web site. Sometimes it tough to find out, they don’t always admit to it. You can play sly and act like a PETA person and maybe they will open up to you. I just donate to my County Government Animal Control now; they need help too (tax money is tight, as it should be) and I know the money stays in the county. {:-)
Report Post »Amren
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 1:45pm@Sheepdog911,
Report Post »OMG! That was great. I’m still chuckling.
Luckily, I’ve never used the NIV. I prefer the NRSB.
Or, I could just read the original Greek….
I’d read the origial Hebrew, Aramaic, etc., but that would mean going back to college…
faithwillwin
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 2:28pmOh my goodness. They look like they have a brain but ooops…..go figure.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 3:09pmOh really How about we do a review of the Council of Nicaea compilation and changes made to the Bible during that activity or better yet the recognition of the Book of Mormon.
Report Post »TruthWorks
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 4:07pmOh yes lets elevate animals to human status, then when you read the bible you can see that god looks at us all as equal! WE ARE NOT PETA GET A LIFE!
Report Post »Ken
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 4:29pmChanging the words of God’s Word (yeah, PETA…GOD authored his own Word, man wrote it down) is what got mankind in trouble in the first place, and why Christ had to come and redeem mankind.
Report Post »NEWSFLASH: There is no animal heaven, so chow down meat lovers!!!
sister1_rm
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 4:35pmCHEEZWHIZ
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 4:14pm
P eople
E ating
T asty
A nimals
Love you, CHEEZEWIZ!
Report Post »plumjuice_1
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 4:39pmEvery deer season I put on my PETA tee shirt. and ware it proudly. while I slaughter all them bambies.
Report Post »ginsberg
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 5:40pmthe “word of god” has already been edited over the centuries. That said this proposal wouldnt accomplish much if anything. The bible should be read for what it is, a classic historical and fictional narrative that tells us a lot about the past.
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 7:30pmAh just another Roman Catholic watering down of God’s Word. It started in the 1611 edition and has continued since then.
When you understand that todays version of the Bible is what the Catholic Church approved of you have issues with those books in the New Testament that make up the New Testament. And it should be noted that there are many books that were left out because those at the time of Cannonation of the current list of books had a different and maybe biased opinion.
The Book of Revelation is the most controversial book in that list. Now one knows for a true fact who the author really is and the content is the content of one mans dreams or visions while imprisoned off the coast of Turkey.
Report Post »Common Sense Sally
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 8:30pmI recall a moment in time when the Roman Catholic Church tried to make the Nicene Creed “Gender neutral” and take out the word “man.” It really didn’t fly b/c no one remembered to take it out when reciting it. Makes me think that not many were really “offended” by it.
I just take it in context. That’s the way people spoke in that time. It was male in nature. I’m not offended by it.
As far as animals go, I think it’s pretty clear in the Bible of their order in things. They are here for man and not the other way around! I’m also not certain that being vegetarian is in the Bible. I’m no biblical scholar, but I think I do recall lambs being slaughtered for feasts. Unless the left is changing the classification of lambs and they are now considered plants.
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 1:25amHey PETA idiots… Noah’s Ark = Animal Friendliness.
Report Post »jackrorabbit
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 2:28amHow about you read your books, and leave my Holy one ALONE!
Report Post »Besides I love animals… They taste good.
cycloid
Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:56amLet’s change the Bible AND the Koran to all monosyllabic words so more PETA members can enjoy the texts.
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