Best-selling Bible in the U.S. to undergo a modernized revision

What a crock pot of bull? Who has the power to update the bible? Written with a divine hand, is it not? This is a perpetuation of the wrong doings they have accumulated over centuries.

ISLAM IS THE ANSWER.

I know you haters will speak up against this, but this is the sole reason the Qur'an was revealed to mankind. For once in your life, please dont be obnoxious, or ignorant, just google the content. If you would like, please visit www.freequran.com

For 4000 years now, the words in the Qur'an have been unchanged by man. The words have remaned EXACTLY the same as they were revealed to us by the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) during his time. Muslims are told told to believe in the Gospels, and the Old Testament. We also believe in the divinity of Jesus and Moses. Im sure more than 90% of you reading this had no clue. Its the ignorance in this world which creates so much hatred, when all the information you would ever need is just a quick google search and click away. Please, when understanding the Qur'an, especially online, please refrain from the anti-Islam websites which actually manipulate the words from the Qur'an and remove words from certain verses to make it sound more complicated and biased. Read the true Qur'an and be the judge for yourself. What gives this group (NIV) the right to change God's words. This is no big problem tho, because there are over 50 versions of the bible icluding the King James Version, the Modern Version, etc.. the list goes on and on. What gives these people the right to do this and to claim what is right and what is wrong. The Qur'an hasnt even changed one word, and is still considered the greatest book every given to mankind. Please, theres no need to be hypocritical if you have not done your own research on the matter, do yourself a favor and check it out, it will only take 20-30 mins of your time. Take care my brothers and sisters.

hey BK says Action, Jesus last name was not Christ, Christ is Greek word for Savior and all prophets were given the name Christ. Jesus said to build no temple in my honor but to honor the father just as the father said he was the one and only God and to have no other gods before me. If we truly believe in Jesus than we would follow his example of going to temple, keeping the holy days and remembering he was born a Jew and died a Jew..

one has to remember that not only are the meaning of todays words are changing but they been changing since the first day the first page of the bible was written down. you cannot make changes on anything written after the first one to be accurate, you have to use the first. just wish someone clarify did Noah take two of each animal as first written or 7 clean 2 dirty as next written. And where in the hell in the book did Jesus stop being a Jew and convert to Christianity?

Bash the Bible all you want, but the "good book" teaches some good core values. Ya know, all the values that our kids don't have right now. Maybe if we would read some "good fiction" to them they wouldn't grow up to be fat and lazy with an entitlement attitude that just can't be shaken.

i just hope i find this in the fiction book section

@Ragan God does not evolve, he remains constant, and the parables and teachings do not come from those other cultures, they had their own gods and customs. They came from the Hebrews{Jews}, and after Christ they came from his followers from many different cultures, which He still is gaining today. The Hebrews and Cathloics have spent many years interpriting the old scrolls, to them misinterpreting them is like a crime. and science had only recomfirmed there had to be something more than evolution, Darwins theory had just about been accepted as inaccurate, by the majority of the cu
ommunity. to see life that big and that small, must of been created with thought. And faith is all about believing blindly with no proof. you will only see "divinity" once you have faith,

Are they going to call it a Darwinian Version? Did God evolve into something else that it needs revision? Over all of these thousands of years these fairy tales have evolved from Sumerian, Asyrian. Persian Greek, Egyptian and Roman religions to the final Constantine version. Of course the many ecumenical councils involving the humans of the Byzantine church have made removed any devine inspired word of God from the bible. If the Byzantine councils made the changes and definitions and determined how the Holy Trinity is to be taught to the people. This is not Gods interpretation, nor are these people divine. They are just plain ancient or primitive false idols. Also today with the use of Infra Red and ultra violet and gamma rays science can see to the edges of the universe. and they can see the Atoms as complete spheres or quantum universes within them selves. Nano technologies are opening up new vistas into the nano and femto world an there is not a single element of diivine intervention thus far. Now who are you to believe. With infra red the invisible becomes visible but no trace of a divine being out there or down there. Science has done their part now where it the religious proof of this divinity?

the bible isn't what it started out and has been revised heavily, people better get ready to revise their beliefs. what the heck, anything to stimulate the economy is a good thing, even a revised bible...

i wonder how many times through out the existence of the bible changes like this have occurred and skewed the original messages stories and rules what has modern religion become? simple crowd control? a way to promote personal interest?

I Iove the fact that people that never picked up a Bible can tell you how it's changed... The Bible is the most historically accurate document known to man.. it dates back to the codex. To say that everything in it has been changed over the centuries to suit someones agenda is nothing short of ignorant. Why? Because you can always refer to the source documents. When they revise the NIV all they are changing is the vernacular.. the meaning is still the same. Look at a king james bible and it's use of old english, it's dated.

If you don't believe in anything (or just yourself) thats fine but at least have your facts straight before you trash someone else's faith.

Growing up, I was always told that God guided the hands of the translators so we'd get the right message.

Why did God decide some revisions are needed now? Why didn't He get it right the first few times?

The King James version itself is a greatly revised edition. So even if you accept the Bible as a holy book, it goes without saying that any version most people have ever read is not the original text, either in language or meaning.

However, the problem is that any specific (political / religious) flavor that 'interpreters' happen to believe at the specific series of 'translations,' would be their specific preferred text. And they would want us to believe it was guided by the hand of god.

They must have taken out all the parts where he told the Rich to give up their possessions and take care of the poor, sick, and homeless.
None of the Republicans seem to have read any Bible for that matter.

In regards to: {It was the TNIV that ushered in changes from "sons of God" to "children of God," or "brothers" to "brothers and sisters." In Genesis I, God created "human beings" in his own image instead of "man."} so are they dumbing down the bible for stupid people!? why do you need to change man to human beings.... did you not know that man in that context means all people!?... hahaha wtf...

They need to put a disclaimer on the front much like the warnings on cigarettes.

-------This product is harmful to your ability to use logic and reason. This product causes severe delusions and has been shown to stunt intellectual growth. Children exposed to this product have higher risk of teen pregnancy and STD. This product contains pure, unfiltered fiction that can be harmful to your ability to perceive threats in the real world. Use with caution-------

I am not a hater of any religion but iI have to prove a point that must bespoken of! The bible has been changing for years and years on end. Centuries ago the bible may have been legitimate but NOW it is just some monk who though it would be nice to add a little tid bit of info in the bible that was sent down by god. THE QURAN was NEVER changed and has stayed in the native language of the holy Prophet Mohammed (swt)...do you understand it's just wrong

It doesnt' sound like the changes are meant for political correctness. They just want a more litteral translation.

I do think it will be a little wierd for them to replace the words "son of god" with "children of god", just because that is a more litteral translation. All the kids reading the bilble are going to think there was more than one jesus then.

My dear ProjectBat , complete unity is not usually a sign of a free thinking people . Robots create unity , we are evolving humans . Even as an individual grows older , they change opinions . I think it is good to be generous enough to allow others their opinion . As long as we can observe the golden rule , that is as much unity as is required for discourse . We are just exercising our god given brains . If some feel compelled to act , lets hope they have thought it through enough to come to a reasonable conclusion . Why else do we have brains ?

Why does everything on current, this liberal bastion of "tolerance", always bash Christianity to the max? I understand that a lot of you are Atheists, but do you really think this is advancing any sort of unity?

The Jesus sketch has been pretty stale of late, so I think the bean counters last report to production has caused a few heads to roll in the writing department. A new staff of writers was brought in and are trying to breath new life into the act.
Personally I have never been able to understand why people lost interest in Odin and Thor. the Human audience is so fickle, Zeus and Jupiter were dropped from the line up as well.
Allah draws a pretty good crowd, great ratings in the middle east and parts of the pacific and Africa seems to be pretty solid as well, however the animists cannot be counted out just yet, I heard they got a guarantee into at least next season, so they be back this fall with ten all new episodes. Buddha still has the Asian market pretty well sown up.

Actually , star wars mythology was created in large part from the perennial philosophies . That means it is transcendent of religion . Most of what people think of as religion , are a set of very fixed ideas . Philosophy is more broad . For example , " Life is an ever burning fire , feed that fire ! " It is notable that there is no explanation of how , to do so . This is left to the individual . Many people prefer to self structure , others do not . I am writing a book for my son connected with this . Just a single copy , of course . In it I will leave room for him to add insights of his own , and to revise it when he wishes . The important part , is , is it working ? Perhaps they should think about that when they do a re write . Do they like the results so far ? I am quite sure Constantine and Charlemagne had these thoughts in mind at one point . Life is change , that which no longer changes is dead . That is why the Constitution is considered a " living " document . What I would like to see is an end to a top down edit of the bible . Make it like wikepedia and let all christians partake . Let religion stop being defined by the few . It has been used as a power structure for too long . Give it back to those who it came from , the good , kind ones , who wanted to create hope for the masses . That I would like to see .

they are doing this to make their garbage seem more wholesome.

Maybe by omitting the parts saying its kosher to rape or kill or segregate or keep slaves or mutilate yourself.

They are going to be writing a brand new book. Which will be just as flawed and ignorant as their previous version, just with a spiffy modern slang.

Religion is Garbage!

An original manuscript of the gospels was found. It is in the Smithsonian Institute.

http://www.washington-codex.org/

So anyone wanting to 'dig deeper' can.

Plus the King James Version puts its added words in italics so the reader can see which words were added and when you read the context you can see why the translator added them (usually to make the understanding clearer from the Aramaic/Greek language to English).

I hope they classify it as fiction this time.

See were shaping it to mean what we want to hear. It loses credibility, now add a thousand years of those "updates" and you wonder what was it before?

How are people alowed to change anything in the bible? this is gods words you are changing, right? re-doing something that god did... shit doesnt make sense.
It proves that religion was made by men for control over people.
Religion is one of the biggest businesses in the world, especially here in the US...

How many more times does the Bible need changed before it's unrecognizable as the Bible. We're already not sure of some text of some translations from Charlemagne to present.

Who would ever want to know about how much a Bible, a tool used by Christians, sells?

Making profit off a religion since 1750.