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A New Bible With No “Thou Shalt Not’s”
Editor: The following story was taken from the pages of a newspaper. We quote it word for word, so our readers can see this shameful story.
FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 6/25/95
Thou shalt not find any 'thou shalt not’s' in new Bible translation.
The Contemporary English Version of the Bible may be the most easy-to-read translation
of the perennial bestsellers ever published.
Other recent translations have already dumped the troublesome thee's, thou's, and whithersoever's of the 17th century's King James Version. But millions of Americans still weren't sure just what such things as an ark and a manger were, American Bible Society translators found.
So, in the new version, they have Noah simply building a "boat" and Mary laying Jesus
on a "bed of hay."
Instead of beating swords into plow-shares, the new version turns them into "rakes
and shovels."
"The truth can't set you free if you can't understand it," says one slogan developed
for the new Bible campaign by advertising giants Bozell International. The agency
also promotes Taco Bell and American Airlines, and recently touted dairy products
in ads showing celebrities with moist milk mustaches.
Attacking The Bible
The American Bible Society was once under the control of godly people who believed
in the Holy Word of God. This is no longer true, and has not been so for many years.
While they still print and sell copies of the King James Version, they have been
busy promoting its destruction.
No Bible believer should support the American Bible Society in any way. Do not give
them money, and do not purchase any Bibles or supplies from them.
This Contemporary English Version of the Bible, is a bold and Satanic attack upon
God's Word.
No More "Thou Shalt Not"
The ABS evidently thinks that it is a good thing to get rid of "thou shalt not" in the Bible. At least they seem to be making light of them in their new release. A quick check reveals that "thou shalt not" appears 240 times in the KJV. It starts in Genesis 2:17, and ends in Revelation 3:3.
It occurs 11 times in Exodus 20. The liberal, libertarians and free thinkers have
never liked "thou salt not." The liberals have longed to change the Ten Commandments
into the Ten Suggestions. Please consider these classic examples of "thou shalt not."
They were once memorized and believed in this country, but they are largely relegated
to the ash heap in modern America:
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image...
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain...
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work...
13 Thou shalt not kill.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife.