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Bill Maher vs. the "talking snake"

The HBO host and comedian talks about "Religulous," his onslaught against the religious idiocy that threatens to deliver America to Sarah Palin and her fellow "space god" worshipers.
Andrew O'Hehir

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  • Thursday, October 2, 2008 09:33 AM

    @jamiso

    The King James version is jacked in quite a few places. Even full on bible-thumping revival-going christians fight over translations of tiny phrases. Case in point: there are well over 100 translations of the Bible in English. People find one that fits their pre-conceived notions of dogma.

    http://www.geocities.com/bible_translation/english.htm

    When I was sent to Bible-thumping camps as a kid, someone earnestly told me he'd never read the NIV because they included *gasp* an atheist translator in the team. I knew I'd never be a good young-earth christian because I thought that was a good thing. Of course, there was also the guy who said: "If the King James Version was good enough for Jesus, then it's good enough for me." So maybe I kinda already knew that.

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