The Week contest: Bible Update - May 6, 2011

Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

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Results: The Danish Bible Society just published a version of the Good Book with more than 1,500 modernizations, including substituting "shy" for "meek," and "lucky" for "blessed." We asked you to translate a famous phrase from the Bible into current lingo, and thou e-maileth:

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Jean MacKay Jackson, Tulsa, OK

SECOND PLACE: … do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because the Lord is the babydaddy

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA

THIRD PLACE: And on the seventh day, He chilled

Edward Gerecs, Pembroke Pines, FL

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

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Go forth and do the math

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Les Ackland, Oakdale, PA

The Top 10 Do's and Don'ts

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Thou shalt not misappropriate

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No schtupping on the side

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An iPhone for an iPhone

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Judge not, lest ye be voted off

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