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Best Bible Translation EVER!

2004-11-20, 3:02 PM #1

DogSRoOL

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"The Message" is a bible translation written in contemporary language. I just cracked it open for the first time, it's almost too contemporary. I found this hilarious for some reason:
Psalm 54:3 - "...hit men are trying to kill me."
Psalm 53:4 - "...treating people like a fast-food meal..."

Kinda hard to take verses like that seriously.

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2004-11-20, 3:16 PM #2

Daft_Vader

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That makes me sad for two reasons:

1) That the people who made it assume the average person is so incapable that they have to have the whole book dumbed down for them.

and

2)That some people probably fulfill those requirements.

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2004-11-20, 3:25 PM #3

DogSRoOL

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It's not all like that, though. That's just what I seen the first time I cracked it open. I was trying to find something where Jesus used some hilarious slang, but didn't find anything. Then again, I didn't look that hard.

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2004-11-20, 3:47 PM #4

darthslaw

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Just imagine Jesus on the cross, saying "well, this sucks."

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2004-11-20, 3:49 PM #5

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Quote:

Originally posted by Darth Slaw
Just imagine Jesus on the cross, saying "well, this sucks."

... You are GOD.

Moo.

2004-11-20, 4:21 PM #6

Antony

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Haha. They should translate it in ebonics.

Jesus on the cross

"Man this is some weak *** ****"

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2004-11-20, 4:26 PM #7

Bluevain

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I'm kinda glad to hear that they made a translation of the Bible like that. Especially for the dialogue parts. Obviously Jesus wasn't walking around talking with the equivalent to Thees and Thous and all proper. He was a carpenters son, and was talking to common people....

Sounds neato...

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2004-11-20, 5:25 PM #8

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Quote:

Originally posted by Darth Slaw
Just imagine Jesus on the cross, saying "well, this sucks."

I like to imagine Jesus as Arnold Schwarzenegger. You know... how Arnold acts when he gets hurt. Imagine him on the cross.
Then, when he's about to ascend into heaven, he could say "I'll be back."

That would make a great movie.

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2004-11-20, 5:38 PM #9

TwistedSoul

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there's a mad TV skit where the terminator goes back to save jesus and it ends with

"he'll be back"

whenever any form of government becomes destructive to securing the rights of the governed, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it
---Thomas jefferson, Declaration of Independance.

2004-11-20, 5:41 PM #10

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I don't watch MadTV. Don't like it.

I like how the "amen" at the end of different books is replaced with "yes", or even "oh yes."

And revelation 22:12 - "Yes, I'm on my way! I'll be there soon! I'm bringing my payroll with me."

What?

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2004-11-20, 5:42 PM #11

genk

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i always thought this was the best translation...

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2004-11-20, 5:43 PM #12

darthslaw

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Quote:

Originally posted by DogSRoOL
Then, when he's about to ascend into heaven, he could say "I'll be back."

That's brilliant!

May the mass times acceleration be with you.

2004-11-20, 5:44 PM #13

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2004-11-20, 6:12 PM #14

Dormouse

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Well there's always the NIV Youth Study Bible, which tends to get referred to as the Yo MTV Rap bibles at the study i attend.

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

2004-11-20, 6:27 PM #15

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Quote:

Originally posted by Rogue Leader
Genki, I love you...

you can buy the book of it too

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2004-11-20, 9:36 PM #16

DogSRoOL

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Quote:

Originally posted by Bluevain
Obviously Jesus wasn't walking around talking with the equivalent to Thees and Thous and all proper.

Maybe, maybe not. Ancient Greek is vastly different from modern Greek. And I don't know about Aramic. I don't think it's spoken at all anymore. At least not natively.

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2004-11-21, 8:25 AM #17

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Wow, just wow....

....watch LEGO characters circumcise themselves

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2004-11-21, 8:26 AM #18

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This one's even better . . . .

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2004-11-21, 8:26 AM #19

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Quote:

Originally posted by Daft_Vader
This one's even better . . . .

and this one . . .
ROFL!!!

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