I am pleased to not only have a full weekend (without Saturday work), but also an extra day just to fuck off with. But I shant too much, because there are many things to be done with the extra time. But I digress from what's really interesting - the memorable stories of the week!
Best of the week: Police say a 61-year-old man annoyed with a crying 2-year-old girl at a Walmart slapped the child several times after warning the toddler's mother to keep her quiet. What, and not the mother for failing to attend to her child?
A police report says after Roger Stephens, a complete stranger to the victims, hit the girl at least four times, he said: "See, I told you I would shut her up." Congratulations sir, you are a man of your word, and we should honor and respect that.
Roger Stephens of Stone Mountain is charged with felony cruelty to children. It was unclear if he had an attorney and a telephone call to his home was unanswered, likely because he was out enforcing his own brand of extreme parenting.
Authorities say the girl and her mother were shopping Monday when the toddler began crying. The police report says Stephens approached the mother and said, "If you don't shut that baby up, I will shut her up for you."
Authorities say after Stephens slapped the girl, she began screaming. Hmmm...guess you should work on that. You have to hit 'em harder to keep 'em quiet. Is he one of the People of Walmart? He is now.
Worst of the week: The top-selling Bible in North America will undergo its first revision in 25 years, because the word of God sometimes needs to be rewritten.
The New International Version, the Bible of choice for conservative evangelicals, will be revised to reflect changes in English usage and advances in Biblical scholarship. The revision is scheduled to be completed late next year and published in 2011. "We want to reach English speakers across the globe with a Bible that is accurate, accessible and that speaks to its readers in a language they can understand," said the president and CEO of the Christian ministry that holds the NIV copyright. What happens of you're 0-for-3 on that?
Past attempts to remake the NIV for contemporary audiences in different editions have been plagued by controversies about gender language that have pitted theological conservatives against each other. The changes did not make all men "people" or remove male references to God, but instead involved dropping gender-specific terms when translators judged that the original text didn't intend it. So in some verses, references to "sons of God" became "children of God," for example.
Supporters say gender-inclusive changes are more accurate and make the Bible more accessible, but critics contend they twist meaning or smack of political correctness. Acknowledging past missteps, the NIV's overseers are promising that this time, the revision process will be more transparent and that they will actively promote what they describe as a long-held practice of inviting input from scholars and readers. Scholars, sure, but readers? You don't get to edit the story of the lord just because your read his tale!
The NIV was first published in 1978 and more than 300 million NIV Bibles are in print worldwide; its publishers and distributors say the translation accounts for 30 percent of Bibles sold in North America. The Committee on Bible Translation, an independent group of conservative scholars and translators formed in 1965 to create and revise the NIV, will oversee the new revision. An effort earlier this decade to create a separate version of the NIV that used more gender-inclusive language in an attempt to reach a younger audience fell flat with groups that felt it crossed the line. Guess there won't be anymore, "Jesus, my bro" or "awesome God dude" passages.
It was the TNIV that ushered in changes from "sons of God" to "children of God," or "brothers" to "brothers and sisters." In Genesis I, God created "human beings" in his own image instead of "man." Many prominent pastors and scholars endorsed the changes. But critics said masculine terms in the original should not be tampered with. Some warned that changing singular gender references to plural ones alters what the Bible says about God's relationships with individuals. The Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution saying the edition "has gone beyond acceptable translation standards." Sweet...fanatic Bible fight!
Most changes will have nothing to do with gender inclusivity, and the TNIV provides a glimpse of likely changes: In the '84 NIV, Mary is "with child," but in the TNIV she is "pregnant." In the NIV version of Psalm 146:9, "The Lord watches over the alien." The TNIV used "foreigner" instead of "alien." Good for them! I will also make the necessary changes in my reaction to those changes. I used to think it was ridiculous, but now it will be revised to preposterous.
Honorable mention: King of the dipshits!
Useless tool Spencer Pratt is allegedly in the process of legally changing his name to “King Spencer Pratt”, according to his rep.
“I have decided that if there is a Queen of England and Prince William, we need to have a King of America, and I have nominated myself for that title.” Yes, we broke away from a monarchy over 230 years ago just so a no talent poser from Orange County could become our royalty.
King retard has not yet filed the legal papers to alter his name, but plans to this week. He did reveal he will no longer be answering to "the white Jay-Z”, another self-bestowed moniker. “I take back the quote that I am the white Jay Z!” he wrote on Twitter, which is about as complicated the technology as his intelligence allows him to operate. “I did my research I am nothing like this person so please forget I ever said this! Thanks!”
Best of the week: Police say a 61-year-old man annoyed with a crying 2-year-old girl at a Walmart slapped the child several times after warning the toddler's mother to keep her quiet. What, and not the mother for failing to attend to her child?
A police report says after Roger Stephens, a complete stranger to the victims, hit the girl at least four times, he said: "See, I told you I would shut her up." Congratulations sir, you are a man of your word, and we should honor and respect that.Roger Stephens of Stone Mountain is charged with felony cruelty to children. It was unclear if he had an attorney and a telephone call to his home was unanswered, likely because he was out enforcing his own brand of extreme parenting.
Authorities say the girl and her mother were shopping Monday when the toddler began crying. The police report says Stephens approached the mother and said, "If you don't shut that baby up, I will shut her up for you."
Authorities say after Stephens slapped the girl, she began screaming. Hmmm...guess you should work on that. You have to hit 'em harder to keep 'em quiet. Is he one of the People of Walmart? He is now.
Worst of the week: The top-selling Bible in North America will undergo its first revision in 25 years, because the word of God sometimes needs to be rewritten.
The New International Version, the Bible of choice for conservative evangelicals, will be revised to reflect changes in English usage and advances in Biblical scholarship. The revision is scheduled to be completed late next year and published in 2011. "We want to reach English speakers across the globe with a Bible that is accurate, accessible and that speaks to its readers in a language they can understand," said the president and CEO of the Christian ministry that holds the NIV copyright. What happens of you're 0-for-3 on that?
Past attempts to remake the NIV for contemporary audiences in different editions have been plagued by controversies about gender language that have pitted theological conservatives against each other. The changes did not make all men "people" or remove male references to God, but instead involved dropping gender-specific terms when translators judged that the original text didn't intend it. So in some verses, references to "sons of God" became "children of God," for example.
Supporters say gender-inclusive changes are more accurate and make the Bible more accessible, but critics contend they twist meaning or smack of political correctness. Acknowledging past missteps, the NIV's overseers are promising that this time, the revision process will be more transparent and that they will actively promote what they describe as a long-held practice of inviting input from scholars and readers. Scholars, sure, but readers? You don't get to edit the story of the lord just because your read his tale!The NIV was first published in 1978 and more than 300 million NIV Bibles are in print worldwide; its publishers and distributors say the translation accounts for 30 percent of Bibles sold in North America. The Committee on Bible Translation, an independent group of conservative scholars and translators formed in 1965 to create and revise the NIV, will oversee the new revision. An effort earlier this decade to create a separate version of the NIV that used more gender-inclusive language in an attempt to reach a younger audience fell flat with groups that felt it crossed the line. Guess there won't be anymore, "Jesus, my bro" or "awesome God dude" passages.
It was the TNIV that ushered in changes from "sons of God" to "children of God," or "brothers" to "brothers and sisters." In Genesis I, God created "human beings" in his own image instead of "man." Many prominent pastors and scholars endorsed the changes. But critics said masculine terms in the original should not be tampered with. Some warned that changing singular gender references to plural ones alters what the Bible says about God's relationships with individuals. The Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution saying the edition "has gone beyond acceptable translation standards." Sweet...fanatic Bible fight!
Most changes will have nothing to do with gender inclusivity, and the TNIV provides a glimpse of likely changes: In the '84 NIV, Mary is "with child," but in the TNIV she is "pregnant." In the NIV version of Psalm 146:9, "The Lord watches over the alien." The TNIV used "foreigner" instead of "alien." Good for them! I will also make the necessary changes in my reaction to those changes. I used to think it was ridiculous, but now it will be revised to preposterous.
Honorable mention: King of the dipshits!Useless tool Spencer Pratt is allegedly in the process of legally changing his name to “King Spencer Pratt”, according to his rep.
“I have decided that if there is a Queen of England and Prince William, we need to have a King of America, and I have nominated myself for that title.” Yes, we broke away from a monarchy over 230 years ago just so a no talent poser from Orange County could become our royalty.
King retard has not yet filed the legal papers to alter his name, but plans to this week. He did reveal he will no longer be answering to "the white Jay-Z”, another self-bestowed moniker. “I take back the quote that I am the white Jay Z!” he wrote on Twitter, which is about as complicated the technology as his intelligence allows him to operate. “I did my research I am nothing like this person so please forget I ever said this! Thanks!”
Do your research and figure out nobody gives a shit about you.
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