The Devil is behind the NIV
A couple of weeks ago I posted on a Bible-burning event – the AmazingGrace church were planning to burn any translation of the Bible except the King James Version.
Rain, protesters and local law enforcement apparently led to the event being adapted – it sounds like they cut up the bibles at a small private party instead of burning them. Nevertheless, the comically mis-named AmazingGrace church was pleased with the result which they have reported here, along with a call to a 2010 Bible Burning, all to a fabulous track called the "bogus Bible Blues". You couldn't make this stuff up.
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Maggi has kept a blog since September 2003, writing about theology and faith, the arts and literature, and a little about life and random nonsense...
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I love how in the middle of the lists of what they’ll be burning and requests for donations of burnable material they throw in ‘We will be serving fried chicken and all the sides.’ I wonder if they’ll cook it on the same fire they burn the books on?
Good grief! You’re right,they are comically misnamed!
Yea, let’s hope the chicken doesn’t get burned in all the excitement.
Love the colour scheme. Like them good old traditional websites in the 90s.