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pineapplebunnybounce · December 21, 2013 at 9:23 pm

Wasn't the KJV commissioned by King James for some political reason as well? Religion has always been useful in politics.

StoryBook · (This post was last modified: December 21, 2013 at 9:40 pm by StoryBook.)

(December 21, 2013 at 7:42 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
Quote:Seems legit, everything has to be worded just right so people can get brainwashed.This is not the first time words get changed or mistranslated. After all Mary was originally written as a "maiden" not as a "virgin".

'Maiden' and 'virgin' mean precisely the same thing. You're thinking of the word 'almah' which means 'young woman'.

That aside, re-writing the Bible to make it more conservative seems a bit of gilding the lily. Rather like re-writing 'MacBeth' to give it more of a Scottish flavor.

Boru

"almah" can mean young woman or maiden. Maiden is to describe a woman of child barren age that has not yet given birth.

"bethulah" is the word used for virgin, which is a women that never had sex/or is sexually pure.

Chas · December 21, 2013 at 10:06 pm

(December 21, 2013 at 9:36 pm)StoryBook Wrote:
(December 21, 2013 at 7:42 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 'Maiden' and 'virgin' mean precisely the same thing. You're thinking of the word 'almah' which means 'young woman'.

That aside, re-writing the Bible to make it more conservative seems a bit of gilding the lily. Rather like re-writing 'MacBeth' to give it more of a Scottish flavor.

Boru

"almah" can mean young woman or maiden. Maiden is to describe a woman of child barren age that has not yet given birth.

"bethulah" is the word used for virgin, which is a women that never had sex/or is sexually pure.

I'm sure you meant "child-bearing". Undecided

TaraJo · December 21, 2013 at 10:35 pm

Yeah, Andrew Schlafly has been working on this for a while. I don't quite know why he hasn't gotten it finished by now; maybe he's having a hard time spinning OT god into not being a horrible, blood-thirsty monster.

But, yes, he seems to be completely serious with this. I mean, look at some of the other stuff he has on the conservapedia. I'm pretty sure there's another part that talks about different animals being spread around the earth after the Noahs' Ark incident by flinging them around with a volcano. And the page on the relativity theory specifically says "Simply put, E=mc² is liberal claptrap." Seriously, they're that crazy.

Remember: Poe's Law works because there are actually people out there who are that nucking futs.

**Rev. Rye** · December 21, 2013 at 11:17 pm

Well, RationalWiki has a huge archive of all the insanity that goes on at Conservapedia.

Zen Badger · December 21, 2013 at 11:21 pm

(December 21, 2013 at 10:35 pm)TaraJo Wrote: Yeah, Andrew Schlafly has been working on this for a while. I don't quite know why he hasn't gotten it finished by now; maybe he's having a hard time spinning OT god into not being a horrible, blood-thirsty monster.

But, yes, he seems to be completely serious with this. I mean, look at some of the other stuff he has on the conservapedia. I'm pretty sure there's another part that talks about different animals being spread around the earth after the Noahs' Ark incident by flinging them around with a volcano. And the page on the relativity theory specifically says "Simply put, E=mc² is liberal claptrap." Seriously, they're that crazy.

Remember: Poe's Law works because there are actually people out there who are that nucking futs.

E=mc2 is liberal claptrap, but it makes possible all those nuclear weapons they're so proud of.

là bạn điên · (This post was last modified: December 22, 2013 at 3:15 am by là bạn điên.)

(December 21, 2013 at 11:17 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Well, RationalWiki has a huge archive of all the insanity that goes on at Conservapedia.

To be fair rationalwiki also holds all sorts of irrational views themselves, although nothing like to the extent of Conservapedia.

StoryBook · December 22, 2013 at 8:56 am

(December 21, 2013 at 10:06 pm)Chas Wrote:
(December 21, 2013 at 9:36 pm)StoryBook Wrote: "almah" can mean young woman or maiden. Maiden is to describe a woman of child barren age that has not yet given birth.

"bethulah" is the word used for virgin, which is a women that never had sex/or is sexually pure.

I'm sure you meant "child-bearing".

Thanks for noticing, I was in a rush and not paying attention. Undecided

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