Should the Bible be Rewritten to Make Sense for the Today?
Oh God Yes!
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Nah... it's all good
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Hell ( sorry) why not because all the atheists keep taking it out of CONTEXT ( very important ) and the good "Christians " have to help them. God told all the good Christians to reinterpret his book as they saw fit , he wasn't very clear on what he wanted to say , lucky the guys had his tail. So maybe this time make it easier for the atheists ( we love it) to understand ... Can't wait . Side: Oh God Yes!
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I think this depends on what is being meant by "rewritten to make sense for today". If you're talking about a new translation to use a more modern language, but to still keep the original meaning, then I would agree with you. However, I think what's being asked for is to remove references to selling your daughters into slavery, and even a new explanation of Genesis and some other the other concepts in the Bible. Although I'm not opposed to such a project, and in fact it's arguable that modern science and philosophy books do just that, I don't think any such book would be entitled to claim the legacy of "The Bible". Side: Oh God Yes!
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Imparting our particular biases onto either a divinely inspired book (theists) or a book that has compiled the cultural wisdom of one of the oldest surviving groups (atheists) is a bad idea, it destroys the value that is imparted via the cultural refinement and wisdom of a culture that survived for 5000 years. Should we rewrite the Odyssey? The Illiad? The Inferno? Kant? Should we discard all such classical wisdom for our own peculiarities? As G.K. Chesterton said, "fallacies do not cease being fallacies because they become fashions." Side: Nah... it's all good
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