As if the world isn't crazy enough: American church plans Bible burning, books by Mother Teresa

[Kerrytravelers]

American church plans Bible burning, books by Mother Teresa

A pastor in the United States plans to gather his congregation to burn Bibles and religious books by various Christian authors, including Mother Teresa, because they are "Satanic".



The New Revised Version Bible, the American Standard Version Bible, and even the New King James Version are all pronounced to be works of the Devil by Pastor Grizzard and his followers.

Grizzard said the first King James translation of the Bible is the only true declaration of Gods word, and that all others are "satanic".



"We are burning books that we believe to be Satanic," he underlined.

The pastor and his associates will also be burning books by various Christian authors and inappropriate translations from the original Hebrew as well as music of every genre.

I particularly love the two comments the article has elicited:

Posted by VIJAY on Oct 21, 2009
I totally agree with the pastor, and his love towards king james version, yah truly the 1611 version is directly translated from GREEK and HEBREWS bible. as it is written search the scriptures why the people go after searching authors don't know

:rofl:

Posted by K.Abhishikth on Oct 18, 2009
i m afraid to say that god is comming soon. it is written in bible that when god comes, there would be no bibles remaining.there would be only super power.world full of disastetrs.some body stop them to do such a foolish thing.thanks for ndtv to give me such a wonderful news.

:crazy:



An just for kicks and giggles:

Amazing Grace Baptist Church

All the book burning info you need to know. Complete with images of flames Not to be missed! :evilgrin:

[rpannier]

1. My favorite part is

We will be serving Bar-b-Que Chicken, fried chicken, and all the sides.

Too bad I don't live in the area

I'd go. Grub out and Bail

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Not me. The food ain't worth the annoying company, and I would flip actually seeing them burn the

books.

[rpannier]

3. Ahhh... But I could wait until the fire was good and hot

Toss a King James Bible into the fire and run

I'm sure very few would chase me.
They'd be too busy jumping into the fire to save that book

I could watch the fall-out on the news

[busybl]

4. My brain hurts.

Are they going to cook the chicken in the bonfire?

[Ozymanithrax]

5. I oppose the burning of any book, no matter how vile...

These people have no redeeming virtues.

[MrSlayer]

6. Sounds cool. A Halloween bible burning.

I'm with that.

[mitchum]

7. They are lunatics, but I honestly don't mourn the destruction of that tripe

[murielm99]

8. The King James Bible is very poetic.

I grew up with that Bible, so it is familiar and easy for me to use.

When I studied the Bible in college, we used other translations, which are more accurate.

Years ago, I read an article about the King James translation. The article contended that there are many things in that translation that are propaganda, politics, or designed to please the king. For example, there are far too many references to witchcraft. The men of those times were trying to take away the power of women and trying to wipe out the old religion. Also, the king was raised to believe that his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, had been a witch and a whore.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

9. I can tell you what's accurate:

When I took religion classes at a Presbyterian college, we used the New English Bible, now known as the Revised English Bible.

It's from original sources to English.

However, yes, the King James is really poetic and it's the one I have pieces of in my head.

With all that lovely grammar like "Whither thou goest, I will go".

[murielm99]

10. That's the one I used in college, too.

My husband used the Oxford Annotated Bible. I have used his Bible a few times to look up things and to make comparisons between translations.

[annabanana]

12. The King James seems more fit to "read aloud" than the

translations in more modern English. . .I'd love to see literacy statistics lined up with the various versions.

[Golden Raisin]

11. How sweet. Our own little,

homegrown Taliban. Bet the good pastor also thinks Jesus was blond, blue-eyed and spoke English (I guess King James version).

[SalmonChantedEvening]

13. More people still living in 1609. n/t

[saltpoint]

14. It would be kind of fun for us liberal folk to all donate a banned book to

that area's local public library as a response to this church's book-burning fervor.