Irational fear of hell still naggs me from time to time

[Angrboda]

claim2 it was commissioned by the congress.it was. despite what else happened it was indeed comissioned by the congress. which is enough to end the conversation as no other interpretation of congress would allow such a printing. which leads us to 'proof' 2


https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel04.html
about 2/3 the way down on the page we get to see and read the words out of the bible this website identifies as an original copy of the congress bible.

No, it most definitely was not commissioned by congress.

Aitken actually asked Congress for quite a bit more than they gave
him. In addition to his work being examined by the chaplains, Aitken
requested  that  his  Bible  “be  published  under  the  Authority  of
Congress,” 10 and that he “be commissioned or otherwise appointed
& Authorized to print and vend Editions of the Sacred Scriptures.” 11
He also asked Congress to purchase some of his Bibles and distribute
them to the states. Congress did not grant any of these other requests.

http://www.liarsforjesus.com/downloads/LFJ_FINAL.pdf, pg. 14

claim 3 he said it is printed in the bible certifying congress approves it's use to the US citizenry.
on the above link you can read from a picture of the original book those very words/or you can read a modern transcript.

Here's what Barton actually said.


"This is a copy of the first bible printed in English in America."
True.

"This bible was printed by congress in 1782."
False.   Aitken paid for the printing of his bibles.

"In the record it says this bible was "A neat addition of the holy scriptures for the use of our schools.""

There are many versions of this story floating around, all worded
to mislead that Congress either requested the printing of the Bibles,
granted  Aitken  permission  to  print  them,  contracted  him  to  print
them,  paid  for  the  printing,  or  had  Bibles  printed  for  the  use  of
schools. Congress did none of these things. All they did was grant one
of several requests made by Aitken by having their chaplains exam-
ine his work, and allowing him to publish their resolution stating that,
based on the chaplains’ report, they were satisfied that his edition was
accurate. The words “a neat edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use
of schools” are taken from a letter written by Aitken, 8 not the resolu-
tion of Congress.

So it was Aitken who claimed that it was for our schools, not congress. Barton is misleading his audience into thinking that congress recommended the Aitken bible for use in schools, as he flat out says next.

"So the first bible printed in America in English was printed by congress for the use of our schools, It's worse than that."
False. It's not worse than that, because that's not even true.

So everything David barton was true.

Not even close to being true.