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| Side by side comparison of the ld bible translation with the new (JTA) |
We are now witnessing the moral decay of a nation once proud of its religious heritage. A nation many of whose foundational principles are based on the values of the bible. While at the same time guaranteeing the rights of all citizens to worship God as they see fit.
An example of those biblical values were expressed in laws against sodomy (male to male anal sex). was considered quite immoral. Today biblical morality has been turned on its head. Not only is sodomy no longer considered immoral, it is treated as normal sexual activity to be celebrated. People who actively commit sodomy are told they should have pride in who they are. I can’t think of too many things more blasphemous than teaching that - what is considered moral these days is the exact opposite of the word of God as expressed in the bible.*
In other words our more enlightened world now understands what the bible did not. Are we therefore more moral than God?! Apparently. They may not say so in so many words. But clearly calling sodomy a normal human activity to be celebrated says exactly that!
This is Chutzpah of gigantic proportion. I don’t see how anyone who believes in the bible can something like that.
Unfortunately public exposure to a liberal media sympathetic to gay rights; plus an entertainment industry that almost always places gay people on a pedestal has influenced the American public to go along with the new morality. I believe that is also - at least in part - the reason for the decline of religious beliefs in this country.
Which brings me to the latest volley in the woke war against biblical values. Only this time it is a distortion of the translation of the bible by the Jewish Publication Society. From JTA:
A new Bible translation that eschews gendered pronouns for God is now available through Sefaria, the online library of Jewish texts, prompting backlash on social media from some who see the change as a sacrilege.
The Revised Jewish Publication Society edition of the Bible, which the 135-year-old Jewish publishing house has released in partnership with Sefaria, is the first major update to the JPS translation of the Tanakh in nearly 40 years. So far, only the books comprising the Prophets, the Hebrew Bible’s second section, are available on Sefaria.
The new English translation refers to individuals with pronouns that are consistent with traditional gender norms. But unlike nearly all translations of the Bible throughout history, the new edition, known as RJPS, does not refer to God with masculine pronouns. It doesn’t use feminine pronouns either: Instead, God is referred to simply as “God” throughout the text.
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention an ad I saw by a Conservative synagogue that was touting their new policy of no longer be using the terms ‘Bar and Bat Mitzvah’. They will be using the more politically correct term B-Mitzvah.
Is this what humanity has come to in our new more enlightened world? We can no longer say ‘HE’ about God because it insults feminist sensibilities? Are women really that sensitive? I Don’t know any woman that has ever objected to God being referred to as ‘HE’.
I’m sorry. But being woke has become the new religion of the left. Which means looking askance at the bible if it doesn't measure up to the brave new morality of being woke and extremist feminism. Which includes the rejection of anyone that uses the bible as their moral guide.
That is NOT OK!
*Once again, I want to strongly re-emphasize that gay people should NEVER be mistreated. They should be treated warmly and with the same human dignity that God demands for all mankind created in His image. I have not changed my views on that. That gay people have these struggles does not make them any less human. We all have struggles of one kind or another.
But it galls me to see this nation going too far in the other direction. There is a difference between respecting people whose sexuality is not of their own making. But it is another to make people whose lifestyle include sodomy role models of morality.