Does the Bible need a good edit?

[OGIS]

Hard questions.

Mr H and Mr P are not alone in their dismay, disgust and embarrassment about our sacred text. Is it time we gave it a good edit? Would it be a good idea to bring it up to date and into line with our enlightened understanding of the principles of diversity, tolerance and hygiene? Are there some passages we can and should disregard as being written by horrible humans, most likely hungover and possibly not entirely mentally healthy when they took up their chisels on that Monday afternoon in 140 BC? Or is every 'jot and tittle' of the 66 books (73 if you are a Catholic) in the canon God-breathed, an eternally relevant and literally true revelation of the divine mind?

http://www.christiantoday.com/articl...edit/84828.htm

[Captain Obvious]

It used to get edited all the time.

Based on who had power and wanted the bible to conform to their viewpoints.

[Peter1469]

If it is edited it should be to return it to its original meaning.

[Chris]

"Would it be a good idea to bring it up to date and into line with our enlightened understanding of the principles of diversity, tolerance and hygiene?"

Write your own. See how it sells.

[freak]

No. The bible needs a good flush. A few pages at a time of course.

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[Boris The Animal]

Anyone who thinks the Bible needs to be "edited" to conform to culture is sorely mistaken. The Bible, which is the inerrant Word of G-d, never needs to conform to culture.