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Mind_Storm · 09-29-2003, 05:33 PM

This isn't going to bode well for those woman who wish to enter the PRIEST-HOOD.

I'm sure the Vatican will have something to say about this..Oh shit..I can hear the church bells ringing now..ALL THE WAY FROM ROME.

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Bible for feminists - Translators rewriting passages seen as 'biased'

Posted: September 29, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

You've come a long way, Virgin Mary?

To demonstrate there's no glass ceiling in heaven, the German Evangelical Church has undertaken the ambitious project of retranslating the Bible in gender-neutral terms.

Ananova reports more than 50 translators are hard at work on a new edition of the holy book. They're rewriting passages seen to discriminate against women, using "unbiased and unjust" language.

Specifically, the term disciple is to be changed to "disciples and disciplesses."

Translators will also remove references to "Lord" and "Our Father."

The project is expected to take up to a year. Gueterslohe publishing house is expected to print 10,000 copies of the revised Scriptures.

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Mind_Storm Tilted Location: The Finger Lakes of New York	Bible for feminists - Translators rewriting passages seen as 'biased' This isn't going to bode well for those woman who wish to enter the PRIEST-HOOD. I'm sure the Vatican will have something to say about this..Oh shit..I can hear the church bells ringing now..ALL THE WAY FROM ROME. ____________________________________________________ http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=34832 TESTING THE FAITH Bible for feminists - Translators rewriting passages seen as 'biased' Posted: September 29, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com You've come a long way, Virgin Mary? To demonstrate there's no glass ceiling in heaven, the German Evangelical Church has undertaken the ambitious project of retranslating the Bible in gender-neutral terms. Ananova reports more than 50 translators are hard at work on a new edition of the holy book. They're rewriting passages seen to discriminate against women, using "unbiased and unjust" language. Specifically, the term disciple is to be changed to "disciples and disciplesses." Translators will also remove references to "Lord" and "Our Father." The project is expected to take up to a year. Gueterslohe publishing house is expected to print 10,000 copies of the revised Scriptures.