Blogcritics: Comments on Sex-Specific Bibles

Comment by Phillip Winn

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:18:57 EDT

It's all marketing, folks. Slap a different cover on it, and pitch it to women or men. Maybe a different "introduction," too. That's all.

Comment by Aaman

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:20:54 EDT

Yr right - Feb 2005 - a story 2005 years in the making

Comment by Steve S

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:18:17 EDT

and my browser says it is from 2005.

Comment by Steve S

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:17:28 EDT

well, I think they've been working on this for awhile then.

Comment by Aaman

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:14:48 EDT

Steve, this post is from 2003

Comment by Steve S

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:57:58 EDT

I was directed to this essay yesterdaday, which pointed out that the real people that Dr. James Dobson and Focus on the Family and the whole Right Wing leaders who are waging a culture war on America are really trying to target women. They believe a woman's place is at home and subservient to her man and that starting with Roe v. Wade and certainly not ending there, they are working to remove all things that have empowered women over the years. I originally thought....hmmmm...I didn't know what to make of it. And then today I see on blogcritics an article attacking moms for taking kids away from dads, but of course there's no mention that the majority of home breakups are due to deadbeat dads. Dads are the victims from the evil moms now. Roe v. Wade, which empowered women with the right of self-determination in regards to their own bodies is certainly under attack. And now this post from you, in which you show that the woman's bible telling her to turn to her husband for leadership. Wow. Who would have thought that this whole conservative CHristian movement was really all about stripping power away from women and putting them back in their place (I'm guessing that would be in the kitchen). I'm certainly beginning to believe so now.

Comment by Ashleigh

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:20:34 EDT

I have no heard Mimi Haddad praise the fact that there are male/female "versions" of the TNIV, just the TNIV translation itself. Do you have a citation?

Comment by Angela Chen Shui

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:16:21 EST

I don't know... the only one I resonate with is the one that says... "You are God, also". It's simple enough for me to get the content... without the confusion and the edits. Is the female one you talk about the one where all the 'his' references to 'God' are changed to 'her's?

Comment by DrPat

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:38:34 EST

What Larry Summers needs is "Chicken Soup for the Harvard President's Soul."

Comment by Dave Nalle

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:04:05 EST

And here I thought there was just one Bible that was supposed to be the revealed word of God. Dave

Comment by alienboy

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 05:13:17 EST

So these are meant to be guides to modern living based on material written over 1.000 years ago? But 95% of all human knowledge is less than 100 years old. Some disconnect!!! Good luck to you.