Erasing the Bible's "liberal bias," and more
The Wikipedia-style Conservative Bible Project is inviting users to erase the “liberal bias’’ from English translations of the Bible.
Erasing the Bible's "liberal bias"
A U.S. conservative group has launched an effort to erase the “liberal bias’’ from English translations of the Bible. The Wikipedia-style Conservative Bible Project invites users to comb existing translations, editing instances of the “gender-inclusive language” that has “emasculated” Christianity; replacing “socialistic” words like “comrade” and “laborer”; and clarifying any ambiguous passages that might perpetuate “the pervasive and hurtful myth that Jesus would be a political liberal today.”
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A Kentucky woman, injured after falling off a bar she was dancing on, is suing the bar owners for $500,000. The lawyer for Brittany Barnes says that since the Coyote Ugly Saloon in Nashville encourages bar-top dancing, the bar should be “kept dry, just like the floor of the bar or the aisle of a grocery store.”
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