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[Cyrano]

The son of wingnut Phyllis Schlafly is in charge of the “Conservative Bible Project.”

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2009/10/gods_liberal_bias.html?hpid=talkbox1

Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations," Scott Schlafly says on the project's Web site. Here's one of his examples: "The earliest, most authentic manuscripts lack this verse set forth at Luke 23:34:<7>: Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.' Is this a liberal corruption of the original? This does not appear in any other Gospel, and the simple fact is that some of the persecutors of Jesus did know what they were doing. This quotation is a favorite of liberals but should not appear in a conservative Bible."

Assuming we don’t get wiped out by global warming in this century, imagine what future versions of the Saint Schlafly bible might look like.

Jesus will look like a composite of Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. Mary Magdalene will look something like Anne Coulter. The twelve apostles will all be wearing American flag lapel pins. Judas will look like Obama. And the sermon on the mount will glorify the virtues of greed.

Do you suppose the next conservative project will be to rewrite the Ten Commandments?