The Conservative Bible Project - Preposterous Fake or Preposterous Reality?

Conservative Jesus: "Sure, I'll turn the other cheek. So y'all can kiss my white a**."

The Bible is full of creeping liberalism and morals that don't fit well with conservative orthodoxy. So it was only a matter of time before conservatives got around to rewriting it in their own image.

At the Conservative Bible Project, they are doing just that. "Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations" they say. "Large reductions in this error can be attained simply by retranslating the KJV into modern English."

Wha..? Yup, they're rewriting the Bible to fit, not with the 'word of God' (or King James I) per se, but with Conservapedia's guidelines.

"As of 2009, there is no fully conservative translation of the Bible which satisfies the following ten [Conservapedia] guidelines:

• Framework against Liberal Bias
• Not Emasculated
• Not Dumbed Down
• Utilize Powerful Conservative Terms
• Combat Harmful Addiction
• Accept the Logic of Hell
• Express Free Market Parables
• Exclude Later-Inserted Liberal Passages
• Credit Open-Mindedness of Disciples
• Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness

Thus, a project has begun among members of Conservapedia to translate the Bible in accordance with these principles."

A lot of people are hoping the Conservative Bible Project is a hoax. But Conservapedia founder Andrew Schlafly is claiming credit as editor which would seem to imply it's not a parody. Schafly might be insane, but I'm sure he'd get around to erasing an entire fake section planted satirically on his own Web site - especially one credited to himself. Wouldn't he?

I've got an open question up at Yahoo answers asking "Is the conservative bible project a satirical hoax or is it for real?" Watch this space...