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Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the King James Version; must contain the Old and New Testaments; must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and must be bound in leather or leather-like material.
A salesperson at Mardel Christian & Education searched, and though they carry 2,900 Bibles, none fit the parameters.
But one Bible fits perfectly: Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the U.S.A. Bible, endorsed by former President Donald Trump and commonly referred to as the Trump Bible. They cost $60 each online, with Trump receiving fees for his endorsement.
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Scam to shovel taxpayer dollars to Trump.
Specifically created for the grift.
Walters is a piece of shit.
Forcing your State to buy 55000 Bibles from ONLY Trump is PROOF that DEMOCRATS are the Swamp!
There is no better description of the anti christ than trump.
He’s also the Republican’s golden calf.
This is the perfect job for the satanic temple.
The bible, complete with all American founders documents : brought to you by satan.
I so want them to do this. Big ol baphomet right on the cover, and put the TST tenets on the first page. If they undercut the Trump bible aren’t they kind of obligated to go with the cheaper option?
Shouldn’t Church and State doctrine (or whatever it is called) immediately make all of this illegal?
Yep! That’s why they’re counting on, throwing enough dollars at the conservative judges that they will let this theocratic bullshit stand.
Fuck them and anyone who supports their religion
You haven’t ever been to OK have you?
Marrying your cousin is also supposedly “illegal”
It’s probably purposely designed to create a court case so the Supreme Court can hollow out that principle.
people still read the KJV?
and like, not as some sort of masochistic snoodery?
Some denominations do believe that only the KJV is the correct English translation. Many of those people do not understand what the words actually mean. They interpret the text very narrowly and frequently are told by others what interpretation is correct.
They also don’t know that King James was gay. And it pleases me to inform them.
Which the whole symbolism of the temple veil being torn when Jesus carked on the cross was meant to mean there was no need for anyone (the clergy) to do that or to intercede.
See also: Jesus chasing away salesmen in the temple, because they used god to peddle shit to people.
also that part where god snuffed a guy because he was an asshole. I kinda wish he’d go back to doing that. (well. maybe not. I get the feeling my definition of ‘asshole’ and their god’s definition are different.)
I’ve had plenty of asshole moments. Let’s hold off on that one.
like seriously, though, god totally tolerated the existence of all sorts of down right awful people. what kind of asshole do you have to be… to get “fuck you in particular” kind of attention?
He pissed on his rug.
He probably slept with his wife. Gods hate that shit.
Well Jesus is part of the Christian pantheon and those guys are just practicing Judaism with blood magic.
“If the King James version was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me”.
I live in the shithole south, and I have heard this unironically on multiple occasions. Please send help. And education.
It’s public domain so they don’t have to pay for the copyright of a modern translation.
American Standard, Young’s Literal Translation, are both out of copyright as well. Both of which are more readable than the KJV and frequently offer more insight into historical and cultural context without… fudging things for political interests…
KJV people are always around. Thee thy and thou.
It’s what I had to memorize as a kid so it’s embedded in my brain.
In Ye Olden Tymes, people learned to read with it, to much the same effect.
Very clever, Christians.
Sure along with ever other translation I can find. I prefer the geneva translation but that is hard to find so I often end up with the king james when I need a printed copy. for those not familar, the good parts of king james is where they took the geneva and updated to modern english - this should tell you something about my tastes.
With the 3 million they would save buying the cheaper bibles(something they shouldn’t be doing either) they could wash a lot of men’s feet. They could be teaching all these students how to fish. That is their job after all.
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if that doesnt convince you that religion is made up on the spot for conniving convenience, nothing will
Ah, yes, the best thing to do money laundering with: Bibles!
Likely not the first time
Rev 22:18 NET testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book
I always object to adding anything to the bible. It is fine to want a printed constitution but it should be a separate book.
Look, I hate this too, but that’s not what that passage means, clearly. Addendums aren’t the same as adding new fake scripture (although since there are multiple ideologies on what books of the Bible should be cannon, who’s to say). Put your pitchfork down.
Bible […] must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
I’m sorry? Why would people mixed (modern) political text to their religious ones? Aren’t people buying bibles suppose to care about their religion?
The goal is to abolish separation between church and state bit by bit.
They catered the criteria so only a single company fit the bill
So… do Catholic Schools have to use this King James Bible?
Because that’s going to be fun.
Public schools i believe
Catholics have their own Bible.
Exactly.
if legislation was to be passed against this book, would it be called the “bye bible bill”?
