AOL News: Bible Too Liberal? Conservatives Say Yes
(Oct. 6) -- Debates between conservatives and liberals are going biblical.
A collaborative online project seeks to update the Bible with a more conservative translation -- and has drawn the ire of less right-leaning bloggers and columnists.
The Conservative Bible Project is the brainchild of attorney and teacher Andy Schlafly, a son of conservative standard-bearer Phyllis Schlafly. His Bible-related Wiki, which allows contributors to post information, comment on others' and suggest tweaks or fixes, went up this summer. ...
... The 10 commandments of the project include avoiding unisex or "gender inclusive" language, being concise (Lord, instead of Lord God) and expressing "free market parables." ...
Free market parables??? Since peasant communities were barter economies with little trade outside the community (and attempts made by the Romans to monetize transactions so they could impose taxes was resented), and since prices were not determined by supply and demand but rather by political issues and patron-client relationships, I wonder what "free market" parables are in view here. I'm as free market as the next guy but, sorry folks, there ain't no neoclassical or Marxian economics in the Bible.
