Rod Dreher tells us about the folks at Conservapedia that have begun the Conservative Bible Project, which seeks to erase the “liberal bias” that has apparently crept into modern translations of the Bible. The creators of the project complain about a Bible that’s dumbed-down, too ambiguous and wordy, and lacking, no kidding, free market parables. Execution of their plan includes some of the following:
identify pro-liberal terms used in existing Bible translations, such as “government”, and suggest more accurate substitutes identify the omission of liberal terms for vices, such as “gambling”, and identify where they should be used identify conservative terms that are omitted from existing translations, and propose where they could improve the translation identify terms that have lost their original meaning, such as “word” in the beginning of the Gospel of John, and suggest replacements, such as “truth”
This is insane on several levels. Conservatives who are bothered by liberals supposedly twisting the word of God to their political ends shouldn’t turn around and edit the Bible to their own ideological liking. It’s apparent that the goal isn’t a translation that’s close to the original Hebrew and Greek versions but one that fits a narrow political viewpoint, a goal that’s both historically inaccurate and intellectually bankrupt.
But here’s the larger point – those who take the word of God seriously should recognize that it is above the small-minded arguments of politics and ideology and deals with broader issues of the Lord’s love, forgiveness, and the human soul. To bend it toward a political end, whether right or left, cheapens the message and demeans its value as a holy document.
The creators of the project will be correctly ridiculed across the Internet, but the broader story will be the push to lump the rest of us in with them. 95% of the right will laugh this off as just a hare-brained effort by a few, but the effort will be made by a dishonest minority to offer this as proof that Christians and conservatives want only to warp the Bible for their own ends. Let me state unequivocally that it’s a load of crap to believe such nonsense, just as it’s a load of crap to reengineer the word of God to shoehorn into a 21st-century political viewpoint.
Ed Morrissey has some good reaction as well. Actually, I would strongly suggest reading the Anchoress’ brilliant take on this – it’s both enlightened in its defense of the Bible and scathing in its rebuke of these clowns.
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muqeem
October 7, 2009
Muslims Believe In JESUS
(Peace be upon him)
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We are presenting this not to placate you out of policy or diplomacy. We are only articulating what our Creator had commanded us in the Noble Qur’an (Which is translated as follows);
“Say (O Muslim), “We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us and that which has been sent down to Abraham (Abraham), Isma’il (Ishmael), Ishaque (Isaac), Ya’qub (Jacob), and to Al-Asbat [the twelve sons of Ya’cub (Jacob)], and that which has been given to Musa (Moses) and ‘Iesa (Jesus), and that which has been given to the Prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we have submitted (in Islam)”. [Chapter 2: verse 136]
As Muslims we have no choice. We had said in many words:
” WE BELIEVE IN ONE CREATOR, WE BELIEVE IN ALL HIS PROPHETS, WE BELIEVE, THAT JESUS (peace be upon him) WAS ONE OF THE MIGHTIEST PROPHETS OF GOD, THAT HE WAS THE MESSIAH AS WELL AS THE WORD OF GOD, THAT HE WAS BORN MIRACULOUSLY- WITHOUT ANY MALE INTERVENTION (which many modern-day Christians do not believe today) , THAT HE GAVE LIFE TO THE DEAD BY GOD’S PERMISSION, AND THAT HE HEALED THOSE BORN BLIND AND THE LEPERS BY GOD’S PERMISSION.”
Islam respects all religions. Nevertheless, Muslims consider the view of Christendom to be a misguided one. The Noble Qur’an highlights the important aspects of Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) mother, his birth, his mission and his ascension to heaven.
VIRGIN MARY:
Story of Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) in the Noble Qur’an starts with the conception of his mother, Mary, when the wife of Imran, Mary’s mother, vowed to dedicate her child to the service of God in the temple. This is mentioned in the following verses (Which is translated as follows);
“(Remember) when the wife of ‘Imran said: “O my Lord! I have vowed to You what (the child that) is in my womb to be dedicated for Your services (free from all worldly work; to serve Your place of worship), so accept this, from me. Verily, You are the All-Hearer, the All-Knowing” “Then when she delivered her child [Maryam (Mary)], she said: “O my Lord! I have delivered a female child,” — and Allah knew better what she delivered, — “And the male is not like the female, and I have named her Maryam (Mary), and I seek refuge with You (Allah) for her and for her offspring from Shaitan (Satan), the outcast.” “So her Lord (Allah) accepted her with goodly acceptance, He made her grow in a good manner and put her under the care of Zakariya (Zachariya). Every time he entered Al-Mihrab (a praying place or private room) to (visit) her, he found her supplied with sustenance. He said: “O Maryam (Mary)! from where have you got this?” She said “This is from Allah” Verily, Allah provides sustenance to whom He wills, without limit” [Chapter 3: verses 35-37]